<!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 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  Hi Leo</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Forgive me but I hear bitterness = and an ax to grind.  In my area in central calif there are any number of" = tuners" who have grabbed whatever equipment available,hung out a shingle(or golf tee = or whatever) and sell for the most part really lousy tunings and many of = their clients call them back for a while till they figure it out(tsome however = do not). Those of us who have spent enough time doing this and realize how difficult stable tunings are to accomplish have trouble taking your = comments tooo seriously.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    From a = professional  standpoint and an R.P.T. and I think I speak for others, that your = comments are insulting and I can not appreciate any more hacks bringing = dispersion on a fine profession. Are you one of these?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are you a guild member?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:LHSBAND440@AOL.COM" = title=LHSBAND440@AOL.COM>LHSBAND440@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 19, 2001 5:47 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> It Doesn't Matter</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>If the PTG = really wanted to put there Letters (RPT) where their mouth is, <BR>they would let any = tuner tune by any means possible.  Believe it or not,  I <BR>know a = person who tunes his own piano with a self made hammer and golf tees <BR>for = mutes and I would bet that he would be able to tune circles around some <BR>of you = who have passed the tunning test.  To the PTG it is not the final = <BR>result but more or less beloning to the brotherhood. In the real world it is = <BR>the freaking final result.  And yes the man with the golf tee tunes for = <BR>custormers in this fashion and charges.  And you know what, the = customers <BR>keep calling him back. <BR><BR>Leo   </FONT> </FONT></BODY></HTML>