Piano Technician Training

[David Smith]

Doug, I am about 1/3 to 1/2 way through the Randy Potter course.  Contact me 
off line if you wish by email and we can talk in detail.  I dont know a lot 
but will share what I think I do know.

Dave Smith
Florida


>From: Doug Jones <limax@plover.net>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Piano Technician Training
>Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:52:09 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Greetings,
>	I just joined the mailing list a couple of days ago and have been
>enjoying the amount of email sent to me by this mailing list.  It's nice
>to see a very active list.
>
>	I do have a question about training to become a piano technician
>(as I'm sure you have been asked numerous times).  How did you get your
>training?  Currently, I'm looking into both the Randy Potter and the
>Americal School correspondence courses, but I'm not sure if either is
>better or if I should try to find a technician who is willing to take on
>an apprentice.
>
>	I have issues with how both schools present themselves as being
>the "better" school.  In the case of Randy Potter, he includes a
>12-year-old article from Keyboard Magazine saying that his school is the
>best.  (Written by Larry Fine, no less)  I'm not sure how much relavance
>an article of that age has on training today.  In the case of the American
>School, there are email testimonials included, but none of the
>testimonials are from members of the PTG.  They say that they just haven't
>bothered.  Cost, of course, is an issue, since the Randy Potter course
>costs twice as much as the American School course.
>
>	Which brings me to the other option.  From what I've read on the
>list and the archives, it seems to me that most piano technicians would
>not be willing to take on an apprentice since they fear that this will
>take business away from them.  How can that be approached?  Yes, I'd be
>willing to pay a technician for training if they would offer it to me.
>I have been in touch with the PTG about membership and stating that I'm
>looking to maybe apprentice to someone.  I'm currently living in the SF
>Bay Area, just to give you a geographical reference.
>
>Any help/suggestions/comments would be very welcome.  You are welcome to
>contact me off-list if you feel that this is not worthy of the bandwidth
>on the list.
>
>Thank you very much.
>Sincerely,
>Doug Jones




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