tuning exam in US

[Dave Davis]

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    Quoting from "The Tuning Examination, A Source
Book",
    page 1, paragraph 2 of "Learning to Pass The PTG
    Tuning Examination":  
    "This exam provides both an objective baseline for
    minimum or "entry level" tuning skills of
Registered
    Piano Technicians and a sufficient challenge for
the
    masters of our craft." (Michael Travis, RPT)
    Scheduled to "Just Do It" November 2003,
    Dave Davis
    (RPT wanna be) 
    Renton, WA
    >Phil Bondi wrote:
    > Rick Moody, or anyone else thinking about taking
the
    > tuning exam:
    > 
    > Take it.
    > 
    > No it's not easy because the parameters are
fairly
    > tight up and down the

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    > instrument, BUT, it's fair enough to the point
that
    > the Examiners talk to
    > you about literally every interval along the
way.
    > 
    > It's a cheap way to have 3 RPT's examine your
work,
    > and you might just pass
    > the test anyway.
    > 
    > It's well-worth $90 to take the test..do it.
    > 
    > I was fortunate before taking the exam to have
on
    > average 3 pianos a day to
    > tune..and I was determined to pass the test
strictly
    > aurally. I did. I'm not
    > tooting my own horn here, but for every person
    > taking the Tuning Exam, there
    > are going to be at least that many scenarios
about
    > how the tech taking the
    > test gets there. I was fortunate to properly
prepare
    > myself for what was in
    > front of me by tuning the badly scaled pianos
    > aurally as well as the
    > well-scaled pianos.
    > 
    > I realize not all of us are that
fortunate..but..the
    > test is fair, and it's
    > cheap if you consider the time taken by all to
    > prepare you for the exam.
    > 
    > I truly despise Nike, but they said it
best...just
    > do it.
    > 
    > -Phil Bondi (Fl.)
    > phil@philbondi.com
    > 
    > 
    > 
    
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Hi,

Quoting from "The Tuning Examination, A Source Book",
page 1, paragraph 2 of "Learning to Pass The PTG
Tuning Examination":  

"This exam provides both an objective baseline for
minimum or "entry level" tuning skills of Registered
Piano Technicians and a sufficient challenge for the
masters of our craft." (Michael Travis, RPT)

The key phrase is "minimum...tuning skills", not "hey
look, I'm better 'cause I took the test on a
_____(insert favorite brand of poor piano).

Scheduled to "Just Do It" November 2003,

Dave Davis
(RPT wanna be) 
Renton, WA

>Phil Bondi wrote:
> Rick Moody, or anyone else thinking about taking the
> tuning exam:
> 
> Take it.
> 
> No it's not easy because the parameters are fairly
> tight up and down the
> instrument, BUT, it's fair enough to the point that
> the Examiners talk to
> you about literally every interval along the way.
> 
> It's a cheap way to have 3 RPT's examine your work,
> and you might just pass
> the test anyway.
> 
> It's well-worth $90 to take the test..do it.
> 
> I was fortunate before taking the exam to have on
> average 3 pianos a day to
> tune..and I was determined to pass the test strictly
> aurally. I did. I'm not
> tooting my own horn here, but for every person
> taking the Tuning Exam, there
> are going to be at least that many scenarios about
> how the tech taking the
> test gets there. I was fortunate to properly prepare
> myself for what was in
> front of me by tuning the badly scaled pianos
> aurally as well as the
> well-scaled pianos.
> 
> I realize not all of us are that fortunate..but..the
> test is fair, and it's
> cheap if you consider the time taken by all to
> prepare you for the exam.
> 
> I truly despise Nike, but they said it best...just
> do it.
> 
> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)
> phil@philbondi.com
>

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