<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Willem and list,     In my view you did not support the "inspiring confidence" question at all. I presume that we are talking about confidence from the outside world in us and our profession. You wrote nothing to prove that viewpoint. If the power and position of the Guild were such as the aforementioned AMA then I could see where the use of a title would inspire confidence from our customers in us and perhaps to a degree from one of us to another but such is not the case. I still don't get it. Greg Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>In a message dated 4/25/01 2:18:12 PM Central Daylight Time, gnewell@ameritech.net writes:     <blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Lastly, why would the letter RPT after someone's name inspire confidence in our profession? I truly do not understand this statement.  </blockquote> Greg Whenver I give the tuning exam, I learn a great deal, about myself, and about tuning a piano, (or regulating/repairing a piano in the case of the tech exam). So just imagine how much is learned when one takes, and presumably passes, the exams. There is more to becoming an RPT than the letters behind your name. Passing the exams makes one a better person. Willem</blockquote> -- Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté 12970 Harlon Ave. Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216-226-3791 <A HREF="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A>  </html>