Tim, That's the course I started with about 30 or so years ago. Back in those days, the PTG "sort of" endorsed some correspondence courses. (They don't anymore, BTW). They didn't endorse that one, so I changed to Aubrey Willis' course, which I don't think is even available anymore. My recommendation, even though it will definitely cost you some money, is to go with Randy Potter's course. I learned some good things from that course, but I learned even more from Aubrey! If you'd like to ask me anything more, feel free! My recommendation, in addition to ANY correspondence course, is to align yourself with a good tech who's willing to help train you and work for free in their shop to learn! That's one of the biggest reasons why experienced techs rarely take someone on to train. Too many young techs think they should be payed to learn and they learn just enough to make themselves "dangerous" and then tell clients that "so and so" trained them! And then they do a bad job and the other tech gets blamed for it! Does a university pay you to get a degree? I don't think so! :-) I worked for free at a dealership for quite a while when I was learning! Eventually, I got good enough that he started paying me! Just out of curiosity, where are you located. Post privately if you'd prefer! Avery At 03:24 PM 3/4/04, you wrote: >Hi, > >I am just getting into the trade. I have been studying at home with the >American School of Piano tuning and have completed four of the ten >lessons in the course. I would appreciate any advice from anyone familiar >with this course on how to get started and what additional tools supplies >I might want to get soon. > >Thanks, > >Tim
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