<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Calisto = MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";color:blue'>Hi = Dave,</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Calisto = MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";color:blue'>How long = have you been working at the tuning?  Often, new technicians are not patient = enough and try to hasten the process.  If you are training with a mentor = on a regular basis (weekly) then I’d give it a couple of years.  = If you are learning on your own (correspondence course or bits and pieces, here = and there) it might take a lot longer.  </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Calisto = MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calisto = MT";color:blue'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Calisto = MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";color:blue'>My = suggestion is to have an examiner in your chapter give you a pre-screening test and = explain to you all of the aspects of the exam process.  Take your time, = learn well.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Calisto = MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calisto = MT";color:blue'>jeannie</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Calisto = MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calisto = MT";color:blue'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Copperplate = Gothic Light"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic = Light";color:blue'>Jeannie Grassi, RPT</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Copperplate = Gothic Light"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic = Light";color:blue'>Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New = Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><a = href="mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net"><font size=2 face="Copperplate Gothic Light"><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Copperplate Gothic = Light"'>mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net</span></font></a></span></font></p>= </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Calisto = MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calisto = MT";color:blue'> </span></font></p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <hr size=3 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </span></font></div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</spa= n></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dave McKibben<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, July 30, = 2005 7:21 AM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RPT = test</span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans = Serif"'>List:</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans = Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Is there a = maximum time window for completing all three tests in the RPT exam?</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>I have heard = mixed comments on this question and would like to clear it up in my = mind.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>I think I'm doing = fairly well for the written and repair / regulation aspect, but the aural = tuning part is ' slow going ' for me at this point.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Not sure if I = should take the first two, if I'm not ready for the third.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans = Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Thanks in = advance</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans = Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans = Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Dave = McKibben</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Piano Tuning = & Repair 858-776-2516</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><a href="mailto:davespianotuning@earthlink.net">davespianotuning@earthlink= .net</a></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/">http://home.earthli= nk.net/~davespianotuning/</a></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans = Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>