Wait a minute...if your 1/3 to 1/2 way through the course you ought know quite a bit by now unless it's like a mystery novel and all the good stuff is at the end. ;-] David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: David Smith <dsmith941@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:47:36 -0500 Subject: Re: Piano Technician Training >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 >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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