This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Mickey: Your suggestions about aiming convention classes to associates is a = good one. I wonder if local chapters could also help along those lines. = Our Syracuse chapter and many others have an "associates day" when we = have rotating groups learn about tuning, repair and regulation so as to = give more individualized instruction. The groups are small, it involves = all the members and everyone benefits. =20 Mike Kurta, RPT ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mickey Kessler=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: Re: pianotech-digest V2002 #1169 At 01:54 PM 7/21/2002 -0600, you wrote: Associate and RPT are NOT the same status and they don't create the = same=20 impression in this trade. I know this because I have been both. If = you get=20 the chops up and submit yourself to the testing required to become = RPT's, you=20 will find out the same thing. Regards,=20 Ed Foote RPT =20 Just thought I'd add my two cents worth to this thread. =20 Rather than get into the tussle of Associate vs. RPT-only classes (I'm = an Associate member who'd rate himself at apprentice level), I'd like to = make a suggestion. Maybe at future regionals and nationals, there could be a series of = classes specifically designed to help train Associates to pass the RPT = exams. Hands-on tuning, hands-on regulating, and hands-on basic repair = classes, focused directly on the skills needed to pass the exams, would = undoubtedly up the number of RPTs dramatically.=20 I've only been to one convention (San Diego last February) and I was = overwhelmed with the amount of great material and support I found there. = I had a wonderful time. But seminars where experienced tuners could = work with those of us who are less experienced, with the specific aim of = bringing us up to speed for the exams, would have been terrific (well, = for me, anyway). And classes on the basics of regulation as required = for the exam, as well as basic repairs, would certainly help a lot of = people. Moreover, the skills required to pass the RPT exams are in fact = the basic skills any piano technician should possess, so such a = consistent series of such classes could not help but advance the trade. San Diego had great seminars on many subjects (and so did Chicago, = judging by the agendas I was sent). But a series designed specifically = for those who, like me, seriously aspire to RPT status would increase = the number of well-trained and capable technicians in the field, and = ultimately, the total number of RPTs. Tossing modesty to the wind for a moment, let me just add that I have = experience in Industrial Training design and am currently a college = professor, so if there's any interest in my suggestion, and if I can be = of any help, I would be more than happy to help put together such a = curriculum. Just my two pennies.=20 Mark (Mickey) Kessler ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5f/bf/c4/da/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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