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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We taught a 90 minute class along these =
lines at
the National MTNA Conference last month. It was well attended and =
everyone
was very interested. Hopefully we can do it again next year. =
This
concept of a one shot seminar might be more effective than a weekly =
class at
school too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Edwardsen</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@aol.com =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 25, 2002 =
1:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tuning and =
teaching</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>At the =
meeting in
Rochester, I asked about a subject that is of interest to me. I =
suggested that
for schools where there are not enough piano for a full time =
technician, or
where there are too many piano for one, but not enough for two, etc.) =
that the
tuner's position include teaching a couple of courses. What ever the
combination would be to make the position full time. Kent was there, =
and he
didn't like the idea. He gave an answer that didn't make much sense to =
me, and
since we were really talking about the workload, I didn't want =
to pursue
the topic much further. <BR><BR>If Kent is listening, I would like to =
ask if
he could explain his reasoning for not liking the idea of splitting =
the
position between teaching and tuning. I would also like to ask others =
on this
list for your opinion. <BR><BR>In addition to my position as =
tuner/technician,
I also teach two classes per semester. One course I teach is called =
music
management, which deals with the management of music, copyrights, =
licenses,
running a business from a music perspective. The other class is =
careers in
music, where we explore all the different jobs in the music field. And =
I teach
a class on how to raise money for non profit organizations. As you can =
see,
although they are related to music, I am not teaching them because I =
am a
piano tuner. I asked if I could do this, for two reasons, I wanted to =
get back
in the classroom, and I needed the extra money. In a sense I am =
working two
jobs. (I actually get two different paychecks.) <BR><BR>I have =
approached the
chair about teaching a class on piano maintenance, not so much on how =
to tune
and repair, but more on the line of what a piano is all about. I want =
to call
it "care and feeding of a piano." I do not want to get into teaching =
tuning
and repair. He is intereted in the class, but because of budget =
constraint, no
new classes are being processed right now. <BR><BR>What are some of =
your
thoughts on this? Any of you doing a little of both? <BR><BR>Wim <BR>U =
of
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