I don't see this as a wedge, but expanded possibilities. I would welcome further training & tips in managing and maintaining a large inventory of pianos, just as I have valued the concert prep classes, and the seminars at belly shops. Technicians as a rule have no rule - there are those that just tune & subcontract all other work, those that have limited workshops, those that do institutional work, and those that do only private work.... The more I know, the better I can diagnose, propose, choose belly shops to use, decide whether I want to do University work. The more I know & can please the consumer, the more work I generate for everyone. And take pride in my own work. Nancy Salmon RPT Frostburg State University rural Maryland On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote: > I feel I must put a couple words in here, so that Mr. Sloane's query isn't > ignored out of hand. > > This question has come up in my chapter as well. We worry a bit about the > CAUT cert. being divisive. There is a feeling that it COULD serve to > further separate "field" technicians from their CAUT brethren. That > division is certainly already there in greater and lesser degrees, depending > upon the technicians, and I worry that this may just drive another small > wedge between these two groups of techs. I understand that is not the > intention, but many times, the impact of something is far greater, or > different, than it's intent. > > William R. Monroe > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Sloane, Benjamin (sloaneba) < > sloaneba at ucmail.uc.edu> wrote: > >> Greetings, colleagues, >> >> I have a question. How many piano techs. on the CAUT list are doing >> bellywork in the shop at their school, besides pinblocks and recapping >> bridges? Are there statistics for this? Should we do a survey? >> >> If we are just contracting off what I believe is part of the second >> year of training at the North Bennet Street School, is it really fair to >> promote a certification that potentially could make those who do bellywork >> look inferior to us? Is that in the best interests of all PTG members? >> Assuming bellywork is not part of the cirriculum that is planned. >> >> Furthermore, I have been around the block enough for those who have >> rebuilt enough actions to know, Stanwood provides no panacea. Sometimes an >> action job just does not turn out well as we expected. For University techs, >> usually we can find a place for the piano. For people in the field, the >> pressure is much greater, for in many cases, we have no alternative but to >> return it to the client as it turned out. >> >> I am concerned that we are going to make those not doing salaried work >> for a University and College look bad with the CAUT certification. Is this a >> valid concern? >> >> Respectfully, >> >> Ben >> >> >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090623/92b652f0/attachment.htm>
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