[CAUT] Calling yourself a Steinway Tech: was caut Digest....

[Richard Brekne]

The Steinway seminars, courses, classes... whatever you want to call 
them  are very short in duration. There is no way someone who doesnt 
basically know what they are doing to begin with is going to get much of 
anything out of these. These classes are not meant to provide you with 
any sort of authority in any formal sense of the word.  They are far to 
limited in scope.  They are as much a way for Steinway to know whose out 
there and what they are good for as they are anything else.  I suppose 
you could say that they will loosely <<vouch>> for you in a sense if you 
complete the series and seem like you know your stuff... but thats as 
far as it goes.

Being a Steinway tech per se is being one of those guys/gals that is on 
salary by the company doing all kinds of busting butt work for (as 
usual) less then you should be really getting.  Its not as attractive as 
it may on the surface of it seem. You work very very hard for your pay.. 
and whatever honor you find in being able to say you are a Steinway tech.

The thing is... you dont need this stuff as part of your marketing.  At 
most saying you've been to these classes can slightly augment your 
standing as an already established and respected tech.  Making a good 
living with increasingly demanding and interesting job situations is of 
course a part of every ambitious piano techs goals. You get there by the 
work you can do... what you can show... not by flashing diplomas around.

Cheers
RicB