Ed, Good advice. Thank you. I had a lovely conversation with Ruth Phillips this evening and will be meeting her on Friday. My goal is to attend Temple U. but it will be several (could be 5+) before my piano playing skills are advanced enough to pass the performance audition (needed for pedagogy degree). Thanks! Sara Nash ----- Original Message ----- From: ed440 at mindspring.com To: Pianotech List Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 7:07 PM Subject: Re: Yet another newbie Ms. Nash- 1) Definitely get to know Ruth Phillips and join the SEPA chapter. 2) What school do you plan to attend? Do they have a technician on staff? How do they maintain their pianos? I got a lot of tuning experience as a college technician while working on a music degree in my 40's. To become a good tuner you need opportunities to work on good, large pianos...such as can be found in colleges. Ed Sutton -----Original Message----- From: deanslist Sent: May 1, 2006 4:00 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Yet another newbie Hi all. As an introduction, I am changing direction career-wise. My former career of horse breeding does not exactly mesh well with being a mother. The hours were outrageous and unpredictable. I am a serious piano student with an eye toward getting a second degree a few years down the road, this time in music. So I've naturally become interested in how the piano works and what is required to maintain it. Now I am ready to pursue learning to tune, regulate, repair, etc. Having a useful and marketable skill would be a good thing. So far, I have looked at the correspondence courses, but have not committed. I have serious reservations. Ideally, I would prefer to find someone willing to take on a part time apprentice in the fall. (My kid will be in all day Kindergarten.) The packet from the PTG arrived the other day, and I see that I will need a sponsor to join. Any tips on finding one? I've been emailing back and forth with Ruth Webb of Allied Piano (it's not far from me.) Also, I will be calling the local PTG chapter president (Southeastern PA) this week to try and get some direction. My practice piano - a vintage 1920 Somethingorother upright will be arriving on May 16th. Brand is unknown because the second previous owner antiqued the thing, ruining a beautiful case, I am told. Sorry this is so long. I would appreciate any advice you can provide that wasn't already in today's other Newbie thread. One other question: How do you search the archives? I did read the FAQ, but did not see a search function anywhere on the archive pages. Thank you! Sara Nash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060501/ba705de6/attachment-0001.html
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