> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment > At 9:47 PM -0700 8/31/04, David Andersen wrote: >>> ... I challenge you to follow through and put me in front of one of yo= ur >>> pianos installed in a home or church or whatever close to where I live.= If >>> it's good, say B+ to A- commercial-grade piano work, I'll publicly apol= ogize >>> and I will give you a quote to use in your marketing. >>>=20 >>> Let's be honest: the "pianos from Juarez" have a less than stellar >>> reputation and word of mouth currently among techs; this could be an >>> unprecedented opportunity to change that perception. >>> Fair enough? >=20 > Up to now, David, having read many of your posts on Pianotech, I have fel= t > your integrity was unquestionable. >=20 > These comments of yours suggesting honesty and fairness, and your sense o= f > importance for endorsement purposes, has changed that. >=20 > For the record: I am not one of those "among techs" you imply. >=20 > Keith It=B9s hard to respond to people when I feel like I=B9m under the gun, Keith. = I have no inflated idea of my standing or value; I stand in awe of other people on this list, and feel like a rank amateur compared to them. I was not cruising for acclaim, just making what I thought was a fair offer to retract my earlier position if I was proven wrong. Come on, Keith; Joe Public, or even Joe Public Piano Technician, doesn=B9t have a clue who I am. So, uh...relax. Guy and I are taking care of our differences like gentlemen. I urge you to read what I wrote above one more time, and filter it through the lens of someone really trying to make a human connection, tell the truth, and still express my strong feelings on the subject. Let=B9s DO be honest about the reputation of the =B3pianos from Juarez.=B2 If Guy Nichols is someone you admire, and your experience of rebuilt pianos from the SAMA facility is the polar opposite of mine, say so. Don=B9t let your personal bias obscure the truth. Don=B9t imply that I=B9m making stuff up. Please. And if your opinion of me has changed from reading several sentences, so be it. With all respect and collegiality, I don=B9t feel I=B9m inflating my worth or attacking Guy Nichols. Best wishes, David Andersen=20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cb/fd/d3/d4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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