Piano Specs. book

[Richard Brekne]

Hmmm... I didnt really read any personal assault into Joes posting... more like an observation and a bit of side bar good advice. 

But sure... we all sometimes ask the list for some help we perhaps could find somewhere else and shouldnt get chewed up for it. I guess I just didnt see Joe doing any chewing here.

RicB

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On 27.05.2002 at 11:16 Ron & Lorene Shiflet wrote:

>To Joe Garrett,
>    From time to time, we all get stuck on a particular problem and
>sometimes ask for a little help.  Likewise, when a fellow technician gets
>stuck and asks for help, we assist them if we can.
>    I was unable to locate the specs for that piano and so I asked to see
>if
>anyone had them.  For some reason you took it upon yourself to rip me apart
>for not having the PTG specs book and then kept going by asking if I had
>ever read books on wood working or welding.  What does welding have to do
>with Samick action specs?
>    For over a decade, Randy Potter has bragged about what a fine mentor
>you
>were.  I even bought one of your repair labor guides from him, which by the
>way, I did read many times.  All these years I thought you must be a great
>technician and mentor.  I even thought it might be neat to meet you and all
>the other "legends" at a convention sometime.  Boy was I wrong.  Are these
>your true colors?  Now tell me, when a customer brings a piano to your shop
>to rebuild it, do you rip them apart too, for not having read popular
>mechanics or aviation monthly?
>    I'm sorry that I got to meet you (even via email).  I'm sorry that I
>bought your repair guide.  I'm sorry that I asked a question so difficult
>that a season technician like yourself couldn't answer and I'm sorry that
>Randy has wasted his time
>telling the world what a great mentor that you are.  People like you who
>need to retire but won't are truly a thorn in the side to an organization
>that is struggling to stay afloat in a declining industry.
>
>Ron Shiflet
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 9:18 PM
>Subject: Piano Specs. book
>
>
>> It always amazes me, (well maybe not), how a lot of technicians try to do
>> top notch work with a minimum of tools!
>> One of those tools should be the Specs book, (or any book, for that
>matter),
>> available from the home office. The Portland Chapter gives one to each
>new
>> member. While I'm on the subject of books, when's the last time you read
>a
>> technical book? Woodworking, Business, Math, Welding, a catalog, (from
>cover
>> to cover), etc., etc., the list is endless, if you make it a point to
>persue
>> an ever increasing knowledge bank, throughout your life. Just my 2cents
>> worth.
>> Regards,
>> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>>
>>


Richard Brekne
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