Still true today, Don! I've had one seminar in Oberlin, and one in NYC factory and the next one this June; They give you a nice framed poster of your completion, but one doesn't say, "Im factory trained". In good manners it's just not done, but I've heard other techs say this out in public. There is no "test", so one can't be "certified", eh? This could be changed however, but I doubt Steinway wants to go to yet another level. I'm just so grateful that they offer this hands-on training. They treat you like a king/queen while you're there, too! No wonder there's a waiting list to get in! Go Kent, Great Job. Thank you so much!! and so on and so on!!! When teaching my piano mechanics class at UNL, I will mention what I learned at the factory and show them the posters, but that's about it. Paul From: "Don Mannino" <donmannino at ca.rr.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Date: 02/01/2011 04:28 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway technical and reference guide This policy has changed some over time – Kent is probably a little more easy going than people were in the past. When I did the factory seminar in 1984, we were told most emphatically that we were not to in any way advertise or make any claims of being “Steinway Trained” or anything similar. Don Mannino From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of William Monroe Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:25 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway technical and reference guide Wim, While it is true that Yamaha does not confer that title for attending classes in Buena Park, CA (like Little Red School House), after attending S&S NY classes, those technicians are allowed to advertise that they are Steinway Factory Trained. However, they are not allowed to advertise that they are "recommended" or "endorsed" by Steinway. But, (paraphrasing here) as Kent Webb put it while I was there, [well, you ARE factory trained, right? I mean, you're here, getting training and this is the factory. It's a simple statement of fact, not a title we confer]. In the case of Yamaha, however, the CA offices are not their "factory." so it is understandable that they don't allow "factory trained" as a designation until you get to Japan. FWIW William R. Monroe On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:10 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote: Mark For what it's worth, there are no "Steinway factory trained technicians". Steinway does not give any one that title, even those who have gone through all their training programs. As one person said, I think the African Steinway representative is probably trying to keep other technicians, other than their own, from working on Steinway pianos. Willem Blees, RPT -----Original Message----- From: The Davis Family (Mark, Janine, William, Stephen & Matthew) < pianofortetechnology at saol.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 9:21 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway technical and reference guide Thank you to all who have responded. I will see if I can get any joy out of S&S NY. Mark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110201/b667bb20/attachment.htm>
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