<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 27, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Willem Blees wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV id="AOLMsgPart_2_8e40b74e-7ef4-4c85-9b93-b4af8343d3f1"> <DIV class="Section1"> <DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">All this said about the test, when I would vote <I>not</I> to have a test for this credential. The only test I can think of that would be even close to fair would be to have the testing committee visit an actual recital given by a reasonable artist and see if the demands are met. A questioner could be given to the artist with appropriate questions about how the technician and piano worked to his favor. Other than that the test will just be some sort of obstacle course with random, quasi-real-world hurdles to jump. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">dave</SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">____________________</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">David M. Porritt, RPT</SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A><BR> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><BR> <BR> This test would only be valid if the school had the budget to keep the piano in excellent working condition. It wouldn't be fair to the tech, nor the artist, to perform miracles on a piano that is in desperate need of new everything. <BR> <BR> <BR> Wim <BR> <BR></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>But it would be real world CAUTism! :-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Actually, no. What actually happens in CAUT life is that the faculty wants the visiting artist to present a seminar the day of the performance, and the only available time is your piano prep hour.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>That's why you book the hall at the same time every day and keep it stable.</DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>