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

[mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net]

They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the foldHey: Maybe , if he had known his work was going to be on the www he would have done better. You think?
Gerald McC.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jon Page 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:59 AM
  Subject: They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the fold


  >... 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.
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  Regards,

  Jon Page
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