Well, she does have Jurgen in the neighborhood...that should be helpful David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Brian Trout" <brian_trout at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 1/14/2010 9:09:13 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] personal question- where did you learn PT? >Hi Zoe, > >It's been a while, but I'll toss out some thoughts. > >I started with a home study course. Very bad. Could have learned more from a few >books I could get at the public library. > >Went to work at a large piano store that had a full rebuilding and refinishing shop. >Learned a LOT by being there. > >They had about 10 years worh of the PTG Journal and I read through those. >Learned a bunch there, too. > >Went to a number of PTG Conventions and took numerous classes. Learned a bunch >there. > >Read through the archives of this list. Lots of really good stuff there if you have >time to sift through a lot that probably won't mean much to you. Stick around here >and you'll learn who generally writes the things that will be meaningful to you. > >If you haven't already, join the guild, and do your best to hang out with people who >know more than you do! I was lucky to have had just a little time with some pretty >great guys, mostly at PTG classes and gatherings, some probably wouldn't even >remember me, but I remember them... Dave & Willis Snyder, David Hughes, Dell >Fandrich, Ron Nossaman, Andre Bolduc, Roger Jolly, and many more that my feeble >memory isn't bringing to mind for me as I type this. > >Listen, learn, absorb all you can. You won't remember it all. But what you do learn >will accumulate. :-) > >Best of luck, > >Brian > >From: yiddishtangofever at shaw.ca >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:38:44 -0800 >Subject: [pianotech] personal question- where did you learn PT? >As a current student of Piano Technology, trying to carve out my path of learning on >Vancouver Island BC . I wonder where different people have gained their >knowledge. If you would like to share your experience I would be thrilled because >there is so much knowledge and talent on this forum!! > >Thanks >Zoe > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsofts powerful SPAM protection. >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/
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