<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good advice. Thank you. I had a lovely conversation with Ruth Phillips this evening and will be meeting her on Friday. My goal is to attend Temple U. but it will be several (could be 5+) before my piano playing skills are advanced enough to pass the performance audition (needed for pedagogy degree). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sara Nash</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 01, 2006 7:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Yet another newbie</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Ms. Nash-</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1) Definitely get to know Ruth Phillips and join the SEPA chapter.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2) What school do you plan to attend?  Do they have a technician on staff?  How do they maintain their pianos?</DIV> <DIV>I got a lot of tuning experience as a college technician while working on a music degree in my 40's.  To become a good tuner you need opportunities to work on good, large pianos...such as can be found in colleges.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton<BR><BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: deanslist <DEANSLIST@COMCAST.NET><BR>Sent: May 1, 2006 4:00 PM <BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org <BR>Subject: Yet another newbie <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name="GENERATOR"> <STYLE></STYLE> </ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY bgColor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As an introduction, I am changing direction career-wise. My former career of horse breeding </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>does not exactly mesh well with being a mother. The hours were outrageous and unpredictable. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a serious piano student with an eye toward getting a second degree a few years down the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>road, this time in music. So I've naturally become interested in how the piano works and what is </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>required to maintain it. Now I am ready to pursue learning to tune, regulate, repair, etc. Having a </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>useful and marketable skill would be a good thing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far, I have looked at the correspondence courses, but have not committed. I have serious </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>reservations. Ideally, I  would prefer to find someone willing to take on a part time apprentice in </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the fall. (My kid will be in all day Kindergarten.) The packet from the PTG arrived the other day, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and I see that I will need a sponsor to join. Any tips on finding one? I've been emailing back and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>forth with Ruth Webb of Allied Piano (it's not far from me.) Also, I will be calling the local PTG </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>chapter president (Southeastern PA) this week to try and get some direction. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My practice piano - a vintage 1920 Somethingorother upright will be arriving on May 16th. Brand </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>is unknown because the second previous owner antiqued the thing, ruining a beautiful case, I </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>am told. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry this is so long. I would appreciate any advice you can provide that wasn't already in today's</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> other Newbie thread. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One other question: How do you search the archives? I did read the FAQ, but did not see a </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>search function anywhere on the archive pages.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sara Nash</FONT></DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>