In article <3A61A7E5.CBB21825@grieg.uib.no>, Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> writes >> >> We can pick the email to death but in the end it is down to personal >> interpretation. > >THAT, Barrie... is exactly my point. > >> Kind Regards >> >> Barrie, >> > >Hope all is well... btw... perhaps you could alliviate some head scratching I have >been >doing these past couple days... I am wondering how your recent comments about >the "straw >repair" of hammer shanks fits in with your apparent definition of a piano tech as >anyone who >advertises in the YP ? Not a definition just a simplistic way of counting how many are advertising their service as a piano techs and who wish to belong to a body and who do not - it could be said just because they do not advertise letters after there name does not mean that they are not part of a body. So the count is not an accurate one unless you have membership registers at hand. As to straws for a fix :-) I can not see the point on an upright piano given the fact that the correct way is not difficult, over time consuming or materially expensive. However, I can see on grands when this type of repair could be useful for a _temp fix_ when a suitable shank is not at hand, but there would be those who would say no to this as well. It is all down to the tech'a personal outlook. 25 years ago if you turned up at most workshops in the UK with an ETA you would have been sent packing and as for CPL that was a hanging offence both are looked on differently today, ETA's are still frowned on in some quarters. As for CPL the jury is still out on that one. Personally I prefer to re-centre (repin). I do use CPL on a particular type of Birdcage piano (spring and loop actions) not that I do many of them these days as most have been shipped to the US as "antiques". I do know were you are leading to and yes the above is taking to quote myself " holy than thou attitude" however, this is across the board and is not just a swipe at none members nor is it saying if you become a member you are a better tech, which is just not true, you have to want to learn and part of that is to go to classes. True also, I could have worded my original reply differently however, I have seen so much hard work done in the UK by ABPT, PTA and IMIT undimmed by members coming out with statements along the lines of "if you and not a member then you will never make a good tech" and I do know it happens in the US as well it just bugs me. Take care Regards Barrie, -- Barrie Heaton PGP key on request http://www.a440.co.uk/ AcryliKey Ivory Repair System UK © http://www.acrylikey.co.uk/ The U.K. Piano Page © http://www.uk-piano.org/ Home to the UK Piano Industry
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