Advice on Apprenticing in SW Florida

[David Smith]

Avery, I understand your message.   I have several technical degrees and 
paid for them all.  In time and effort and dollars.  Sorry if I offended you 
in my message.  I, of course, am willing to pay fairly for teaching, 
training, tutoring, and whatever, as you so aptly put it.  Otherwise, I 
would not have purchased Randy Potter's course, an SAT III, tutoring at the 
Chicago conference, and still be seeking further tutoring in my home area.  
Perhaps my wording was not perfect as to my intentions, or maybe you have 
overreacted.   In any event, accept my apologies, please, and no need to 
reply further.

Dave

>From: Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Advice on Apprenticing in SW Florida
>Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 20:14:37 -0500
>
>Dave,
>
>I'd like to ask you a question. Would you make the same offer to a
>university where you'd like to learn "whatever"? When I wanted to
>learn something, I always offered to pay them. Not them pay me!
>Sorry to be a wet blanket and I appreciate that you're trying to
>learn, but............ I'm pretty damn good at what I do but I've
>never asked anyone to pay me to learn it! Sorry.
>
>Avery
>
>>Would really like to learn from a good technician/ teacher first hand and 
>>in return would do work for them at very reasonable rates.
>>
>>Is the apprentice approach still a viable and useful approach both for the 
>>apprentice and the master in these modern days.  It seems to be that it 
>>would be, but I am hesitant to take the next step.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any feedback and advice, except for that on my 
>>spelling and grammar (g).
>>
>>Dave Smith
>>Pine Island Florida
>>PTG Associate Member
>>
>>
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