<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hmmm... I think it rather might be better for me to put interested into contact with one of the two Klavierbaurmeister's in the US right now for the specifics of  training and exams neccessary for this degree. Joel Rappaport is one of these and is to be contacted at  <A HREF="mailto:JRPiano@austin.rr.com">mailto:JRPiano@austin.rr.com</A> I do know that this degree is quite demanding and involved... that it requires a very serious committment on the part of the student to obtain. On the other hand....  CAUTS so certified, and additionally certified with administrative skills needed to run a 100 - 200 piano department would demand quite a good deal of resepecte' unquestionables :) An american I know in Danmark who also has this degree is one Kevin Gouldman, tho I dont have his email address handy. Best to get ahold of these fellows and get the straight skinny on what the Klavierbaurmeister degree entails. RicB Ed Sutton wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> Richard-Could you say more about this, please?Ed S. <blockquote dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"> But it seems to me that if one is first going to contrive some certification above the basic skills required of an RPT, then it should be more along the lines of what the German Piano Builder's certification implies.</div> Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <a href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</a> <a href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</a> <a href="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</a>  </blockquote> </blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>   </body> </html>