Overseas employment

[Bernhard Stopper]

To get the title "Klavierbaumeister" in germany, you have to make a 
"Meister examination".
You usually go to the school in Ludwigsburg for one ear to learn to 
construct a piano and a grand piano.
To subscribe to school, you first must have been in profession usually 
for at least 5 years.
At the examination, you have to proove, that you are able to build a piano.
(you have to make a complete construction drawing and to assemble an 
instrument from scratch).

Of course there are fellows who forgot to build a piano when they do 
tunings only.
But this is a different question.

regards,

Bernhard Stopper


Richard Brekne schrieb:
> I appreciate the appropriate translation to English Jurgen.  Literally 
> the world Klavierbauer translates to "piano builder".  Yet there is 
> not a single one of these fellows/gals comming freshly out of factory 
> training that could even come close to building a piano.  Most never 
> gain enough broad based experience to build an entire instrument from 
> scratch... or even half way in their entire careers. The minimum 
> requirements for the title are quite rudimentary really.   Even the 
> <<Meister>> degree which is quite thorough really does not necessarily 
> guarantee a future rebuilder of any high skilled level.  I know a few 
> independants that for instance cant even remember from their school 
> days how to shaft a bridge together.
>
> This title in German is actually a bit problematic when translated to 
> some of our other European languages, as several decide to translate 
> directly to Piano Builder and tout themselves as such, citing this 
> <<prestigious degree>>.  To my mind of thinking this is pure false 
> advertising.
> The translation  any language to "Piano Technician" is the correct 
> one.  Personally I'd like to see the German association impress this 
> upon their foreign trainees.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>
>
>    A tiny correction if I may:
>    "Bund Deutscher Klavierbauer" is the association of German piano
>    technicians.  The German piano manufacturers have their own 
> association
>    is called  "Bundesverband Klavier" http://www.pianos.de/
>
>    Jurgen Goering
>
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