tuning exam in US

[Avery Todd]

Dave,

I'm just wondering why you posted all this? Especially without
any comment about it!

Avery

At 09:05 AM 06/26/03 -0700, you wrote:
>The results of your email command are provided below.
>Attached is your
>original message.
>
>
>- Unprocessed:
>     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
>
>- Ignored:
>     > 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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>- Done.
>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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