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<DIV>What you say is true Richard. I am a licensed Professional =
Geologist in
Florida and whereas such licensing does not eliminate all the yo-yos =
from the
profession, it does keep the total rip-off impersonators from practicing =
the
profession. I think, however one needs to consider the potential adverse =
affects
that incompetence would cause in a given profession. In the medical =
profession,
it is obvious that an impostor could cause much grief and irreparable =
harm. In
the piano industry? The only thing an incompetent technician can do is =
damage a
piano and/or wiggle a few dollars out of someone's wallet. Not that =
that's good,
but it can be fixed. One has to judge whether it is worth the hassle =
&
expense to license and monitor a whole profession that has minimal =
impact on the
good of society.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now, should we talk about whether there should be a licensing =
requirement
for the office of the President of the USA (talk about potential =
irreparable
harm) - you know, some basic requirement like knowing how to pronounce =
foreign
leaders names, and maybe just say a few big words - so he/she at =
least
appears presidential? No, no, oops! I guess that is not piano related - =
so I
won't even bring it up! ;-)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A =
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI=
V>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no"
title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>Richard Brekne</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> Sunday, January 21, 2001 =
6:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Rebuilding =
E-Guide</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>Tony Caught wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="mid:003101c08347$741dca80$8d8e11cb@tony" =
type="cite"><PRE wrap="">What next is a licence to tune pianos AND a =
title saying that the person is<BR>a technician. this should be worth a =
few more bucks. and once you have a<BR>certificate =
?????</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>Hmm...
I think I know where you are going with this... and if so then I can =
only
state again that a requirement by law to assure a person has the =
minimum
education and knowledge neccessary to do the work is not a bad thing, =
nor is
it governmental ivasion of privacy or any of those nasty horrible =
things...
<BR><BR>for the life of me I fail to understand this ....paranoia... =
thats the
only word I can think of for it.. <BR><BR>Kindly disregard this note =
if I have
misread your meaning.... grin.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="mid:003101c08347$741dca80$8d8e11cb@tony" =
type="cite"><PRE wrap=""><BR><BR></PRE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Sheeeshhhh..... what next =
?<BR><BR>--<BR>Richard Brekne<BR>RPT, N.P.T.F.<BR>Bergen, Norway<BR><A =
class=moz-txt-link-freetext =
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.u=
ib.no</A><BR><BR></PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap=""><!---->Tony Caught =
ICPTG<BR>Australia<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated =
href="mailto:caute@optusnet.com.au">caute@optusnet.com.au</A><BR><BR><B=
R></PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><PRE class=moz-signature>--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext =
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.u=
ib.no</A></PRE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>