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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated October 11, 1962 reads, "'There are no laws to protect the piano owner from shyster piano tuners,' according to Morton, owner of Pacific Piano Supply Company in North Hollywood. 'There are many people in the Valley who knock on doors to tune pianos, and most of them often do a piano more harm than good...The best way to protect against fraudulent piano tuners is to ask to see his Piano Technicians Guild card, he said. There are approximately 20 members in the Valley area and the Antelope Valley. 'These men have to pass rigid technical examinations and live up to ethical requirements,' Morton explained." Bill Jarret, left, and Don Morton, president of the International Piano Technicians Guild, repair piano.
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Piano Technicians Guild Associations, institutions, etc.--California--San Fernando Valley Piano--Tuning--California--San Fernando Valley Piano technicians--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Pianos San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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