I agree also, you don't need to prune that drastically. Just cut off anything that's dead. You can tell if a stem is dead if you scrape the bark with your thumbnail and you don't see any green under the bark.
Also, Rick you really should not put your cell phone number out on a public forum. Please edit that out - see the little "Edit" link at the bottom of your post in blue letters. If we want to contact you personally, there is a Tree Mail function on the site.
