tech exam results

Mike McCoy mjmccoy at usa.com
Sun Aug 27 09:06:49 MDT 2006


Tom,

 You're not the first to do that nor the last. You only need to retake 
the repair section and can breeze through it next time. Good job with 
the regulations.

Mike


Mike McCoy
Langhorne, PA
Chapters 170 & 190

Tom Sivak wrote:
> List
>  
> Thanks to all for the positive feedback and good wishes.   Seemed 
> inappropriate to ask for the advice and all and then not divulge the 
> results...
>  
> Passed both regulation portions, grand and vertical, but failed the 
> repair section.  Actually, I got perfect scores on every single 
> category in the repair section, but had some misfortune (=stupidity) 
> in the stringing section.
>  
> Made my hitch pin loop and it was perfect.  Got my coil going on the 
> pin and it too looked perfect except...only three coils and I was 
> thinking, "I need four".  So I tightened it a bit more, hoping to add 
> another coil to the pin, and BOINK.  It broke.  On a real piano 
> there's a pitch reference, so you know how much tension a string can 
> take, but on the little string board thingee, I had no idea how much 
> tension I had on there.  Just stupidity.
>  
> And then my splice broke, too, (no excuses on this one) so I got a 
> bunch of zeroes in the stringing section, giving me a 72. 
>  
> Oh well...I can take it again in about a month.  Next time for sure. 
>  
> Thanks again to all who offered advice and good wishes,
>
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago Chapter Associate


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