tough enough

[Greg Newell]

Shawn,
         Please check your system clock or date. 
I think it's off as your posts wind up at the 
other end of my In box. You know, the end with 
the posts that I read a very long time ago.

all the best,
Greg




At 07:26 PM 1/10/2004, you wrote:
>Bob you have some good points, how ever this 
>brand of testing could never be considered.  If 
>it ever came to pass everyone who's an RPT would 
>have to be retested just to make things 
>fair.  It still gets me when I think of how the 
>exams were more of a back slapping affair in the 
>past.  We have some folks who are classified as 
>RPT's now who could never pass the tests of 
>today.  Someone should look in to that!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:ITUNEPIANO at aol.com>ITUNEPIANO at aol.com
>To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>pianotech at ptg.org
>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:45 PM
>Subject: Re: tough enough
>
>In a message dated 8/11/2007 11:17:12 A.M. 
>Eastern Daylight Time, 
><mailto:paulrevenkojones at aol.com>paulrevenkojones at aol.com writes:
>"How long an exam do you want?"
>
>Hi Paul.  A piano uniformly 3 or 4 cents flat 
>will better simulate  the average piano in the 
>field.  That's not flat enough to skew the 
>accuracy of the test by reason of instability - 
>especially since we are moving only center 
>strings.  The current method of one string flat, 
>one sharp is very annoying, because we NEVER see 
>a piano like that out in the field.  If the 
>piano were detuned 8 cents, then a pitch raise 
>would be needed, and 20 min could be allowed for 
>that.  It wouldn't need to to be scored, the 
>tuning test itself would score it.  I adjust 
>pitch all day long, during or prior to tuning, 
>depending on the situation.  The tuning test should simulate that IMHO.
>
>
>Bob Maret, RPT
>Piano Technician
>
>
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