OH PLEASE!!!!!!! LETS NOT MAKE THIS A POLITICAL LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/26/00 at 2:53 PM Charly Tuner wrote: >Licence piano techs? Bull#@#@! Let's keep Big Government OUT of the White >House and NOT vote for ALGORE! He's nuthin' but a Clinton-Clone. Of course, >there ARE still a few people out there who still believe O.J's Innocent too, >and that we don't need a strong defense. > >Terry Peterson >Los Angeles, CA >Associate Member, PTG > >>From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM >>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >>To: pianotech@ptg.org >>Subject: Re: Why not to tune a piano? >>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:37:31 EDT >> >>In a message dated 7/26/00 12:14:54 PM Central Daylight Time, >>DavidR2464@AOL.COM writes: >> >><< I think it is time that piano tuning >> and repairing is licensed by the federal government. Get rid of the RPT. >> Everyone has to pass a state test and convert the PTG into the club it >>really >> belongs. >> >> >>Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha! What a ridiculous idea! It has, however, been been >>thought >>of before but only by liberal political types who think the government must >>be in control oof everything. Piano service is an art and craft. Yes, >>there >>are some standards but as has been clearly demonstrated by the profession >>itself, these standards are only basic concepts. >> >>Do you think you could *require* me to tune a piano in Equal Temperament >>(ET), for example? Hmmmm? Think again and think about it long and hard. >>Do >>you think you could *require* ANYONE to do something which only a very few >>people have ever even been capable of? Shall we *all* be *required* to set >>our hammer blow distances with a crummy little ruler at 1 7/8" ? Or should >>there be a metric equivilant? It can't and will never happen. >> >>Does an artist who paints or draws pictures need a license from the Federal >>government? Let's see, what kinds of regulations could be put on how to >>paint a picture? We can measure a person's tuning and other skills to a >>certain degree and that is what the PTG Exams do but to echo Jim's words, >>you'll never pry my tuning hammer from my tendonitis afflicted, torn >>rotator >>cuffed right arm with any government decree or licensing requirement. >> >>The days of Big Brother government in the US are over. We've got a couple >>of >>common sensed, big oil guys set to take over come January and if anything, >>there will be far less regulation *and* fewer taxes, not more. >> >>Join PTG, take and pass the Exams if you can manage to do so but otherwise, >>let your fellow technician do his/her own thing. The marketplace will >>decide >>who is fit to stay in business, not people minding each other's business. >> >>Bill Bremmer RPT >>Madison, Wisconsin > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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