[CAUT] Equivalent???

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 11:03 AM 2/9/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Bill, list.
>
>When I was hired here at BYU they required “RPT or equivalent”. It came 
>down to me and a fellow who had taken “The American School of Piano 
>Tuning” course. Sounded good enough to the committee… Turns out the guy 
>hardly knew ANYTHING and is a lousy tuner! Luckily for them (and me) the 
>would-be CAUT went back to selling pianos so I got the position, by 
>default!! The word “equivalent” must mean anything that sounds like a 
>credential. Go figure!
>
>Jim Busby BYU (RPT)
>
>p.s. I wasn’t an RPT until right before applying for this job. I passed 
>both tests (tuning/tech) in one day. (I DON’T recommend this…) After 
>nearly 18 years of tuning it took this “RPT or equivalent” requirement to 
>force me through the tests. It was the BEST thing I ever did for my 
>career, but frankly, if I hadn’t been coerced into taking the test 
>(Thank’s, Vince…)  I probably never would have bothered. No real need to. 
>(That was my perception at the time.)
>


"Equivalent" might be an actual, real and thorough interview process.  I 
was an RTT when I was hired here, but each of us who interviewed not only 
had to do a tuning (mine was on a D), but a two or three hour regulation 
session on a grand, followed by a faculty-like interview with piano faculty 
members and the Dean.




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