Melissa: My name is Carl Meyer. I live in Santa Clara, just next door to you. Feel free to call me at 408/984-0482. I have a background in teaching and am presently helping another wannabee. You may access my totally biased opinions for free. Carl Meyer > [Original Message] > From: <Hotsteno@cs.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 9/30/00 2:47:33 PM > Subject: Wanna be piano tuner > > Hello! > > My name is Melissa Roen. I'm new to this list this morning. Ordinarily I > read a list for a while before posting, but I'm just so excited about this > that I wanted to post now. I went through this lists' archives and couldn't > find a specific answer to my exact question, although I bet someone has asked > it and I just can't find it. Anyway, I posted a message to this effect on > rec.music.makers.piano this morning already, but I know I'll get more and > better responses here. > > I'm a 29-year-old court reporter living in San Jose, California. I have > played the piano since I was four years old and have had a lot of musical > training through private lessons and as a music major in College and at Aspen > Music School. Today I play mostly for my own pleasure and to relieve the > organist at our church from time to time. (Yes, I play the organ too, but > that's not the point here!) > > Anyway, I have arrived at a point where I have a little money and a little > time to learn a skill I have desired since high school: I want to learn to > tune and repair pianos. > > I took a correspondence course as a teenager, with disastrous results. Now I > understand I had a very poor tuning hammer provided and the information I > received was poorly delivered and, at worst, just plain wrong. This time I > want to do things "right." What I'm trying to ascertain is what is the best > way to go about this? My specific goal is to eventually take and pass the > RPT exam. > > All I have done so far is purchased a book, "Piano Servicing, Tuning, and > Rebuilding," by Arthur A. Reblitz. What I am thinking is rather than go the > correspondence course way, I should read the book thoroughly; buy the best > equipment I can afford -- what specifically, I'm not yet sure of, nor where > to buy it; buy some of the other videotapes and books recommended at the back > if the book and study them; and then hire someone who is already a RPT to > teach me one-on-one until I get the hang of it. I also plan to join the > Piano Technician's > Guild. > > I would go to a school, but there are none in my area (San Jose, California). > > > So to summarize: > Is this the truly the best way to learn? > What equipment do I need to buy? Where should I get it from? > Should I reconsider taking a correspondence course? > Is there anything else I should know about? > > Thanks for letting me pick your collective brains! > > Best wishes, > Melissa > hotsteno@cs.com > > > Melissa Roen > CSR No. 12284 > Pulone & Stromberg > Certified Shorthand Reporters > --- Carl W. Meyer, Santa Clara, Ca. --- cmpiano@earthlink.net
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