Wim's Letter& PTG's Future

[Mark Story]

I'm touched, Fred, that you have so much concern for the welfare of PTG
that you would spend so much of your valuable time giving us the benefit
of your wisdom.  But, frankly, I for one am not in the least interested
in the opinions of someone who bailed out the year before I joined as a
Craftsman.

My activity within the Guild has waxed and waned over the years, mostly due
to personal circumstances - but I have always valued my membership and felt
an obligation to do what I could to support the Guild because it is the only
organization (in the US) that has advanced the technical and professional
standing of our trade during my career lifetime.  I can't rule out the
possibility that someday I would feel it necessary to resign my
membership if the Guild chose a course that I couldn't concienciously be
associated with (what person of priciple could).  But I can assure you
that if I did, I certainly would not throw stones at if from the outside,
or snigger about it's internal problems, which would no longer be my
business.

In short: please go back to selling initials in your own organization,
and let PTG members solve their own problems.

Mark Story, RPT
mstory@ewu.edu
Eastern Washington University Music Department
Cheney, Washington, USA

On Mon, 13 Nov 1995 FREDIEBOY@aol.com wrote:

> Two very nice and thoughtful letters appeared on pianotech on Nov.12,1995.
> Both letters dwelt on the same subject: PTG. Both letters showed deep
> concern- enough concern that it brought me in to give my thoughts on the
> problems of PTG. Even though I am not a member of PTG, many of PTG's actions