<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By whose standards????</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" = title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 25, 2001 = 3:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Associate to = associate</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 4/25/01 2:18:12 PM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">gnewell@ameritech.net</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">Lastly, why would the letter RPT after someone's name = inspire confidence in <BR>our profession? I truly do not understand this = statement. <BR>   </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Greg <BR><BR>Whenver I = give the tuning exam, I learn a great deal, about myself, and about <BR>tuning = a piano, (or regulating/repairing a piano in the case of the tech <BR>exam). So = just imagine how much is learned when one takes, and presumably <BR>passes, = the exams. There is more to becoming an RPT than the letters behind = <BR>your name. Passing the exams makes one a better person. <BR><BR>Willem </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>