This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi List, I've read with interest the discussions of the CD project, which brought = up deeper issues. I took the plunge a few months back. I became a member. (Thanks to the = friendship and care of my local chapter members. They're great people = that I'm proud to be associated with.) I'm still an associate, but it = won't be long till I'll put those three little letters behind my name = (RPT). I feel good about the organization. But now the subject has been brought up about "giving away the farm" so = to speak. What would you have a new 'convert' do? Some have had the = privilege of attending trade schools of one type or another. But then = what? Should it be a requirement that they 'flounder about the = business' for a few years, just to see if they can tough it out? Pay = their 'dues', so to speak? I was lucky to have worked at a dealer for a = total of about 5 years. That would take a lot of classes to replace the = experience. Some are able to attend conventions, state and national. = Unfortunately, I am not able to attend K.C. this year, but in the = future, conventions, seminars, classes, etc. will be a very high = priority. This would certainly shorten a newbie's learning curve, but = usually, anything of substance here is a couple of times a year. =20 To you seasoned techs who have been around for a while, just what would = you have us 'newbies' do to learn and gain knowledge of our craft? It = sounds to me like the CD project would certainly be a worthwhile project = for those who are hungry for knowledge. Perhaps the availability of the CD, if it is produced, should be for = members only.(?) That could complicate areas where the Guild is not as = widespread. (I'm thinking internationally.) It wouldn't be unheard of = to sell only to the 'trade'. Anybody ever try to get an APSCO catalog = without some sort of evidence that you're a piano tech? or dealer? or = tradesman? It all boils down to the question, for us who are new here and want to = learn,... What would you have us to do? (If I were able to put a bug into someone's ear about the whole = situation, what I think would be truly wonderful is an apprenticeship = program. There's nothing like working beside a true craftsman day after = day, learning, doing, and absorbing. But that's another subject for = another thread.) I wish I could convey my 'tone of voice' here, because I'm asking, not = to be sarcastic or indignant, but rather in sincerity, and a desire to = learn how I may become a better person. I truly hope that if you've = read this far, you'll take it that way.=20 Thanks. I look forward to your comments. Have a great day. Brian Trout Quarryville, Pa. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e3/e4/a3/ae/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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