Hello Frank, One sign of skill is thinking that you are not as good as you really are. I'll bet you are very good and if you can get the junkers to sound decent you will do very well on the quality stuff. Skill is learned down in the trenches where the real work is. Tread on, you are on the right track. James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G. Since 1962 in St. Louis, MO Home of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups pianoman@inlink.com ---------- > From: Frank Cahill <fcahill@erols.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Potter vs. Tech Schools > Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 9:13 PM > > Let me add one more thought. I took the Potter course. The main > advantage I see to a tech-school is that you will have access to better > pianos to hone your aurel tuning skills. Mine aurel skills are not > great. > > I'd like to take the tuning exam in 1999. The biggest obstacle for me > is that I don't have access to a well scaled piano. Most of my pianos > are junk. The few decent painos I tune are in private homes. It's > pretty unlikely that I could tune those pianos every week for practice. > I think it will take some effort to improve my tuning skills. > > In our PTG chapter, a recent tech-school grad passed his RPT exams > immediately, fisrt try. As for me, there is still a long road to > travel. > > > > > > > > -- > > Frank Cahill > Associate Member > Northern Va
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