[pianotech] conventional terms

[John Ross]

Royal Navy, right?? :-)
Anon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] conventional terms


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. Â This credential is completely unrecognized by the 
>public. Â Â
>Has anyone on the list, ever, even once, had someone understand what an RPT
>was without explaining it? Â Even saying "Registered Piano Technician" 
>always
>evokes questions. Â
>No one I've ever met, outside the tuning community itself, has ever heard 
>the term
>before I mentioned it in conversation. Â Not once. Â Maybe others have had
>differing experiences, but that's what I've experienced. Â 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:

>Â

>This is an old, long debated
>item â?" 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.

>Â

>If one wants to be linguistically
>correct at all times, weâ?Td have to change our titles about every 10 years
>since words change their meanings all the time.Â

>Â

>dp

>Â

>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". Â This term bears no weight in the every day world.
>  Â It sounds like I took the time to fill out a card and now I'm
>  registered with the PTG. Â Like a dog is registered with the village and
>  wears a little medallion on his collar.
>
>
>  Â
>
>
>  Two standard definitions of "Registered" are
>
>
>  "enrolled"
>
>
>  or
>
>
>  "recorded in writing"
>
>
>  Â
>
>
>  Does that describe accurately the status of a technician
>  who has passed his exams? Â
>
>
>  "Technician who has been enrolled"?
>
>
>  "Technician who has his name recorded in
>  writing"?
>
>
>  Â
>
>
>  The PTG should use English terms that accurately describe
>  what it is they are trying to define.
>
>
>  Â
>
>
>  Tom Sivak
>
>
>  Chicago
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>
>
>
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