Wanting to become a Piano Technician

[Kevin C]

Thanks Terry!  Sounds like great advice..I definitely will take it and do 
what you say.  I just received the Potter course material yesterday.  It is 
a massive amount of material, has the Reblitz book included, and looks like 
it should have everything I need to get started learning.  Thanks again for 
your input.  This list is great!

Best Regards,
Kevin Cook
http://coyotedream.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: Wanting to become a Piano Technician


> Hello Kevin,
>
> I did the Randy Potter course about ten years ago. Very good course. I 
> started out knowing less than zero. I now know slightly more than zero. If 
> you know what a half-step is and that pianos have unisons, you know WAY 
> more than I did when I started Randy's course! So yes, you can learn the 
> basics of this business with his course. And yes, experiment with and try 
> everything on that old upright - and afterwards, like Dale Erwin posted 
> about - you can take it apart and recycle the parts!
>
> And find the nearest PTG Chapter meeting and attend the meetings and join 
> the PTG. Go to all the conventions you can. Read this pianotech list (but 
> don't take everything you read as gospel!).
>
> Good luck!
>
> Terry Farrell