They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the fold

[Jon Page]

>... a self-taught beginning tech who has very limited resources.

The guy is in his mid 50's and has been refinishing, restringing
and tuning pianos for over 20 years. To say that he doesn't know
what an industry standard is for hammer shape is a stretch.

I was going to taper the set but now I'm going to just knock off
(arc) the square tail with a belt sander since they are pitched
3 degrees forward - overstriking. He did deftly saw hammer
heads for clearance problems (jpg attached).

>...So go ahead and judge the work

Ok, so he's unobservant. Then to say he lacks comparative reasoning
or self evaluation probably is too unkind too, and he only has his head
stuck in the sand.

Where I come from, someone like that is referred to as a hack.

Dean, I can send you his name so you can do the hand-holding and bring
him into the Guild, that is, unless he thinks he knows everything already.
I don't see his name in the PTG Directory.

If a desire for self improvement doesn't work, maybe shame will.
-- 

Regards,

Jon Page
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