Waving a flag

[Kam544@aol.com]

Gordon Wilson posted:
>>The self-righteous responses to this situation have only confirmed my
decision, years ago to go it alone and stay out of guilds.
I found it very interesting that everyone bearing a flame-thrower was
wearing the initials "PTG" and, more especially "RPT".<<

Dear Gordon,

While I can sympathize with your feelings, I, for one, know that if it
weren't for a group called The Piano Technicians Guild and people who are
Registered Piano Technicians, you wouldn't even have the opportunity to
participate in a unique piano forum such as this on any level.

Normally, I do not consider myself to be one who waves a flag in anyone's
face, nor do I believe that there are less qualified persons servicing pianos
who are not members of a Guild.  But be assured of this, I am more of a
person, a piano technician, a piano tuner; than I have ever been, when it
comes to pianos and piano care, solely because of my membership in the PTG
and my association with its members, bar none.  It has a valuable humbling
effect on one's ego.

Oddly enough, by your very participation in Pianotech...listenening,
watching, receiving, sending, condeming, praising...you are, in effect,
sharing a meaure of those benefits from that very group you claim you don't
want any part of.

There's no escaping the Piano Technicians Guild, its influence in the world
of pianos, and its position as a resource for continuing education in piano
technology.

Respectfully...Keith
Keith A. McGavern, RPT
Oklahoma Chapter 731