Hello Everyone, I'd like to get some advice on the best way to get into the field of piano tuning/maintenance/repair (including PTG membership), and Mr. Foote's recent post seemed to indicate a good time to ask in this forum. I've played the piano for most of my life and earned a BM in Music History a few years ago. I went on to complete an MS in Library Science, and now I work full-time as a cataloger for a public library, but I'm considering the idea of a part-time side job as a freelance piano technician. I have great deal of respect for the work of RPTs, and I'd really like to be able to help pianists and piano enthusiasts keep theirs in proper working order. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to pursue a full-time training institute such as those listed on the PTG website. Would a correspondence course suffice? Are any of them more highly recommended than others? What about apprenticeship? Also, Please feel free to reply off-list if you wish. Thanks, Dennis Quinn Dallas/Forth Worth, TX -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100707/656dfbf6/attachment.htm>
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