<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hello,  Sara and Sam, and welcome to the List!  I have to chime in here, which I don't do alot.  I tuned pianos for 20 years part-time, while I taught school, and other things.  But the learning started in earnest when I took a full-time job with a dealer, and had other techs to mentor me.  I have learned more in that 6 1/2 years than I did in the previous 20, passed my RPT exams in about 2 years.  The value of a technician mentor/friend is absolutely invaluable.  Also, join the PTG, it is a great learning experience as well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>    Sam, I re-whatevered a 1930's Kimball grand for a school a while back, and it turned out to be a decent piano, FWIW.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Clark A. Sprague, RPT</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"><B>From:</B> <A title=deanslist@comcast.net href="mailto:deanslist@comcast.net">deanslist</A> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 5/1/2006 2:00:33 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yet another newbie</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all.</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>