Well, Tom. My take on it has nothing whatsoever with being "bi-coastal"! It has to do with going to the conventions! Which I haven't been able to do lately! :-) Avery At 07:41 AM 8/26/2006, you wrote: >I couldn't help but notice that all the techs who are into these >'genuine Pearl River zippered bags' are on the coasts. Here in the >Midwest, we do things a little more 'down to earth'. > >I already have everything divided up and in shoe boxes. One shoe >box for the stringing test. One shoebox for the rest of the repair >section. And the rest is in my tool kit. (Which, BTW, is NOT a >shoebox. I may be from the Midwest, but I don't live in a trailer park!) > >And I thought of it myself, although I'm glad that you all think >it's a good idea. Here's another good idea, I think. > >I also brought along 5 different thicknesses of key bushing >cloth. I cut off about 9 inches from each of the 5 sizes, and wrote >a '1', or '3' with a felt tip marker on each one, and put them in a >plastic baggie. Which is now inside a shoebox. > >They may not have any zippers, but not being bi-coastal, I don't care! > >Thanks for the input, everyone, > >Tom Sivak > >David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: >He needs 3 genuine Pearl River bags...;-] I have 2 in my kit...both >for supplies... > >David Ilvedson, RPT >Pacifica, CA 94044 > > >----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >From: ed440 at mindspring.com >To: "Mark Wisner" , "Pianotech List" >Received: 8/25/2006 7:00:40 PM >Subject: RE: Pearl River bag for technical exam > > > >Come on, Mark, it's not that late in California. > >Can't you FedEx Tom a genuine Pearl River bag overnight? > >Ed Sutton > > >-----Original Message----- > >>From: Mark Wisner > >>Sent: Aug 25, 2006 9:31 PM > >>To: Pianotech List > >>Subject: RE: technical exam > >> > >>It certainly helps if it's a Pearl River mesh tool bag, but I bet > any 'ol bag'll probably > >do........ > >> > >>Mark Wisner > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: ed440 at mindspring.com > >>>Sent: Aug 25, 2006 6:11 PM > >>>To: Pianotech List > >>>Subject: RE: technical exam > >>> > >>> > >>>Tom- > >>> > >>>Jerry is absolutely right. > >>>This is the most important thing you can do to maximize your > score on the exam. > >>> > >>>Ed Sutton > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Jerry Cohen > >>>Sent: Aug 25, 2006 7:41 PM > >>>To: 'Pianotech List' > >>>Subject: RE: technical exam > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Tom, > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Here's a suggestion. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Tonight, create a separate tool/supply bag for each section of > the test (stringing > >tools, regulating tools, repair tools and supplies). At the start > of each section, lay > >out the tools from the appropriate bag. This will save valuable > minutes by not > >searching for tools. It also helps to keep you more calm and organized. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>I use the Pearl River zippered mesh bags that they give out at every show. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Good luck. Bend a spoon. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Jerry Cohen, RPT > >>> > >>>NJ Chapter > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > >Behalf Of Tom Sivak > >>>Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:49 PM > >>>To: pianotech > >>>Subject: technical exam > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>List > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Tomorrow I take the Technical Exam. Any advice from those of > you who have > >gone through it? > >>> > >>>The one question that no one seems to be able to answer is: how > is the test > >scored? For instance, the stringing portion of the test, three > tasks in 20 minutes; > >are they equal in scoring weight? If I get stuck and don't have > time to finish one of > >them, which one should I leave undone? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>On the tuning exam the scoring system is given to the examinees, > and it was a > >great help in allotting time to finish various secitons. For > instance, I didn't waste > >much time with the top or bottom octave, knowing that it was > scored so lightly, and > >rather focused on octaves 5 and 6, and 3 and 2. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>It would be great to know how to budget my time in the Technical > Exam. (My > >examiner has not returned my phone call.) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Tom Sivak > >> > >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060826/2a5e81cc/attachment.html
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