<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> Thanks Ed,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> We’re ordering it.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jim<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Ed Sutton</st1:PersonName> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:51 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT Endorsement<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Jim-<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I'd like to call the committee's attention to the newly published Theory and Practice of Piano Tuning by Brian Capleton. See amarillibooks.co.uk  Capleton is Lecturer in Piano Technology at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Royal</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.  It's a 600 page text on all aspects of piano tuning, and would make a fine text for an advanced course in piano tuning.  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> If PTG could create a way for members to study, master and take exams on the material in this book, it would offer a clear direction of study for people who want to become extremely fine piano tuners.  If there is going to be a high level test of tuning skill, this is a book that would teach people what they need to learn to be able to pass that exam.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Ed Sutton</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu" title="jim_busby@byu.edu">Jim Busby</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" title="caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:04 PM<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT Endorsement<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> David, Richard, (others?)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Would either of you venture to say what the curriculum might include? Specifically? That’s precisely what Alan and I are trying to come up with, and we only have a few weeks. Email me privately if you wish. Not only am I open to suggestions, I’m practically begging for them!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks,<o:p></o:p> Jim Busby BYU<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabIndex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of <st1:PersonName w:st="on">rwest1@unl.edu</st1:PersonName> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:53 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">dporritt@smu.edu</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT Endorsement<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> David:<o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> I'm completely with you on this statement:<o:p></o:p> <div> <div> On Oct 23, 2007, at 4:12 PM, David M. Porritt wrote:<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <span style='orphans: 2; widows: 2;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0;word-spacing:0px'>I can see a curriculum and a certificate on finishing the curriculum but the more I think about it, the less impressed I am of the value of testing. <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> Richard West<o:p></o:p> </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>