RPT, was THE best RPT.....

[Avery]

At 08:09 AM 6/16/2006, you wrote:
>I agree that the tests, at least the written and tuning exams, are 
>too easy to pass.  The bar is so low that RPT status does not 
>qualify one as anything more than merely competent.  I haven't taken 
>the Technical Exam yet, so I'm not sure about that one, but for me 
>to pass the Tuning Exam with all scores 93 or higher, with three 
>100s, well...I ain't no Virgil Smith, I'll tell ya that.

Most of us aren't!

>The tolerances allowed on the tuning test are so wide that Beethoven 
>in his later years could have passed it.
>
>I'm sorry, I didn't start this out as a rant against RPTs, but I am 
>amused by comments about what other RPTs think of me as an 
>Associate.  Having met hundreds of RPTs, I can tell you this: there 
>are good ones, and there are bad ones.  Having those three letters 
>after your name does very little to increase my respect for you.  (Sorry.)

But look at the flip side of that comment. NOT having those letters 
after your name also does little to "increase my respect for you"!

>So what is my motivation to take that final test and pass it?  To 
>join the ranks of other technicians, some good, some bad, who have 
>also passed the test?  What's the distinction?

I can only assume there are also good and bad associates, also! So 
you have no inclination at all to support what the
PTG is "trying" to do. Increase the competence of techs out there 
servicing people's pianos? Maybe?

>To put myself among the ranks of Virgil Smith, and at the same time, 
>my friend, Mr. Best RPT in America?  Seems like this is a club that 
>accepts almost anybody into their ranks.
>
>I'll probably take the Technical Exam one day.  As Dave says, why 
>not?  If you join the PTG and accept a lower status, I think that 
>says something about you as a person.  But I will get very little 
>pride out of it.

Well, maybe you should. Unfortunately, there are people out there who 
CAN'T pass those tests. And they're still collecting money 
"servicing" people's pianos! :-(

>Tom Sivak
>
>Dave Doremus <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>On 6/15/06, pianolover 88 said:
>
> >And let's not forget that without rpt tests, conventions, ptg dues,
> >ptj and so on, the PTG is out of business!

That would be VERY unfortunate. It's almost worth the dues to just 
get the Journal. I don't like some of the politics, but like some 
other things, it's the cost of doing business. Over all, I think it's 
worth it! JMO.

>-----------------------------
>Dave Doremus, RPT
>New Orleans
>------------------------------

Avery Todd
University of Houston
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