So how long have RNs been around? How long did it take for the term RN to be understood/accepted? It takes some time... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 7/23/2009 2:07:59 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] conventional terms >William >I'd have to disagree.  This credential is completely unrecognized by the public.   >Has anyone on the list, ever, even once, had someone understand what an RPT >was without explaining it?  Even saying "Registered Piano Technician" always >evokes questions.  >No one I've ever met, outside the tuning community itself, has ever heard the term >before I mentioned it in conversation.  Not once.  Maybe others have had >differing experiences, but that's what I've experienced.  Unfortunately. >Tom Sivak >--- On Thu, 7/23/09, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote: >From: William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> >Subject: Re: [pianotech] conventional terms >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 3:41 PM >Right David, >I agree. As the spouse of a Registered Nurse, I think time develops the >meaning. No one questions that RN's are educated, tested professionals. With >time, the same will be said of RPT's. And, yes, changing things now would undo a >lot of hard work to get our credential recognized. >William R. Monroe >Tom: > >This is an old, long debated >item – check the archives. Everyone understands that a Registered >Nurse is educated and tested as are Registered Physical Therapists (the other >RPTs). There has been enough marketing effort put into RPT that any >change would cancel out a lot of good marketing effort. > >If one wants to be linguistically >correct at all times, we’d have to change our titles about every 10 years >since words change their meanings all the time. > >dp > >David M. Porritt, RPTSNIP > But then, if we're going to talk terminology, my first > priority would be to change the term "Registered Piano > Technician".  This term bears no weight in the every day world. >  It sounds like I took the time to fill out a card and now I'm > registered with the PTG.  Like a dog is registered with the village and > wears a little medallion on his collar. > > >  > > > Two standard definitions of "Registered" are > > > "enrolled" > > > or > > > "recorded in writing" > > >  > > > Does that describe accurately the status of a technician > who has passed his exams?  > > > "Technician who has been enrolled"? > > > "Technician who has his name recorded in > writing"? > > >  > > > The PTG should use English terms that accurately describe > what it is they are trying to define. > > >  > > > Tom Sivak > > > Chicago > > > > > >Â
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