Anybody Know About This?

[lance lafargue]

Richard wrote; 
>I  would think it would be aimed at piano majors who wanted or needed to
be 
>able to help with their instruments maintenance.

I'm not so sure.  Why get a certificate for that?  



LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT
LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES
New Orleans Chapter
Mandeville, LA.
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> From: Richard Raskob <raskobrg@Rt66.com>
> To: 'pianotech@ptg.org'
> Subject: RE: Anybody Know About This?
> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 8:16 AM
> 
> I lived in the Twin Cities Area from 1986-96.  In the middle years of
that 
> period I would travel to Forest City Iowa once or some times twice a year

> and tune for Walforf College and Dr. Schmidt.  The first year I went
there 
> he told me a "friend of the college" maintained the pianos between my 
> visits.  I later surmised that Dr. Schmidt was that friend.  Dr. Schmidt 
> got his Doctorate from the University of Minnesota in the late seventies
or 
> early eighties.  He is a man who is very kind, religious, and talented. 
I 
> have not spoken to him in many years and know nothing about his class.  I

> would think it would be aimed at piano majors who wanted or needed to be 
> able to help with their instruments maintenance.
> 
> Richard Raskob RPT
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Avery Todd [SMTP:atodd@UH.EDU]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 13, 1999 12:38 PM
> To:	pianotech@ptg.org
> Cc:	caut@ptg.org; mpt@talklist.com
> Subject:	Anybody Know About This?
> 
> List,
> 
>    There has appeared on a student bulletin board in the music building
> this flyer:
> 
>                             PIANO TUNING
>                          Certificate Course
>                          (career training)
> 
> It's a five-day course, Section A from 4:30 - 6:00 PM and
>                         Section B from 6:45 - 8:15 PM
> 
> It's being given by someone named Dr. Timothy A. Schmidt. DMA
> (professor of music, Waldorf College, Iowa) with checks for $500.00
> (tuition and tools) to be made out to something called Music Pro.
> 
> >From the looks of the form, you choose EITHER section A or B, not both.
> Wonderful! Just what we need. Learn to be a piano tuner in 7-1/2 hrs.
> 
> I just wondered if anyone else has heard of anything like this.
> 
> mailto:atodd@uh.edu                 I'd rather be over the hill
>                                          than under it.
> Avery Todd, RPT
> Moores School of Music
> University of Houston
> Houston, TX 77204-4201