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<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">S<font
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<font color="#000066">RE: Piano Tuners' Association</font></td>
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<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;"><font
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<font color="#000066">"David Ilvedson" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net"><ilvey@sbcglobal.net></a></font></td>
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<font color="#000066">Fri, 7 Oct 2005 18:07:32 -0700</font></td>
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<font color="#000066"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></font></td>
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<pre wrap=""><font color="#000066">There are plenty of tuners in the USA who think PTG is "cliquey". Perhaps you don't understand the chip tuning from our angle...most of us don't bring pianos up a little at a time. Bring it up and bring it up again...however many times it takes...US tuners, in general, don't believe in a little at time is beneficial in the least bit....so you're English training is showing...;-] NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT>>>>imho.
I think we can get an idea of what PTA's work life is like by their website. Predominately on the first page is a definition of straight-strung vs. overstrung and overdampers vs. underdampers. I don't think anywhere else in the world is that a front page item. I can't really remember it being discussed. My post about PTA discussing nothing but birdcages seems about right. You would think that they wouldn't have anymore birdcages in England. I thought they sent them all to us to dispose of....;-]</font>
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David, Please don't talk about chipping-up as you obviously haven't a clue what it means! FYI, chipping is a process of bringing up (or down) the pitch of a piano in as fast a manner as possible, in one pass. This requires the action to taken out. Like I said, it is not required for the PTA entrance test.
Nigel
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