Value of S&S L / Terry Farrell's comment

[Farrell]

Hi Joe. Sorry to disagree with you here, but I have never got the impression that the PTG caters to the tuning/servicing end of things while minimizing rebuilding. The Journal is full of stuff on rebuilding. The class selection at conventions is great for rebuilding. Certainly, there are more volume directed at tuning/servicing, but I suspect that is appropriate because more techs focus their efforts in that direction. 

It seems to me there is an appropriate focus on rebuilding in the PTG.

I am so thankful there is such a wealth of information available to anyone that wishes to learn about rebuilding. The CD of reprints, the CD of all the Journals from the 1970s to recent, the conventions, this list, the willingness of other techs to lend one-on-one technical advice, PTG chapter meetings, etc., etc. I hate to admit it, but there is still lots and lots of rebuilding stuff that I have not read - and I have read LOTS of it!

Now you may well be right about the categories for rebuilders.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: Value of S&S L / Terry Farrell's comment


> Terry et al,
> You have hit on a really large problem, in our industry. One, which I think
> can only be addressed, if/when PTG adds a category of "Rebuilder", with sub
> categories of possibly "apprentice rebuilder", Journeyman Rebuilder and
> Master Rebuilder. This, I think, will never happen in PTG! And, possibly,
> rightly so, as PTG is focused on Tuning and Service, not Rebuilding. My
> thought is that there needs to be a separate Organization that is
> specifically for Rebuilding and those "Allied Arts". The logistics and
> mechanics of such an organization would be huge. (I have thought on this
> subject, many times.) The whole thing would have to be set up with proper
> testing and over-sight of it's members. It's needed, but I suspect it will
> not happen in my life time.
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>