<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff>Charlie...<BR><BR>Exactly how long do you think it should take you to become proficient at this career?   1 month...1 year...10 pianos...100 pianos....1000 pianos?<BR>Do you think the CyberTuner now makes you a piano tuner?   You need training....go to <A href="http://www.ptg.org">www.ptg.org</A> and look for education links.  <BR>Do you realize that many of the newer piano tuners have already taken at least a years course in intensive training to "begin" learning the craft?   Do you think possibly there is a reason for that?   Pianotech is not a correspondence course...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Charlie Potter" <CHARLES.POTTER2@VERIZON.NET><BR>To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 3/20/2006 7:00:51 PM<BR>Subject: kawai<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a new tuner and am having a real hard time with a Kawai consol. It is hard to keep it in tune.I have broken two c-8 strings trying to get them up to pitch and am using  cybertuner for proof. Have I chosen the wrong profession,Charlie</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>