<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> This kind of comment comes from someone who either has never been a member or hasn't been for a very long time.  I don't disagree with all the reactions that have already been posted, but I would rather see Leo in the Guild with his prejudices dispelled than further confirmation that nobody wants him.  I once made a suggestion (on PTG-L) that PTG offer a money-back guarantee on a first year membership, just to show how serious we are about being inclusive.  I really don't think anyone would ask for it, but the few who do will justify the many who don't. What do you say? Paul S. Larudee, RPT LHSBAND440@AOL.COM wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>If the PTG really wanted to put there Letters (RPT) where their mouth is, they would let any tuner tune by any means possible.  Believe it or not,  I know a person who tunes his own piano with a self made hammer and golf tees for mutes and I would bet that he would be able to tune circles around some of you who have passed the tunning test.  To the PTG it is not the final result but more or less beloning to the brotherhood. In the real world it is the freaking final result.  And yes the man with the golf tee tunes for custormers in this fashion and charges.  And you know what, the customers keep calling him back. Leo</blockquote> </body> </html>