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<DIV>How long an exam do you want? Shall we also then test for mitigating false beats, oh and while we're there, re-pin that section of the bridge, and, by golly, twist a few bass strings? The exam is designed to "weed in" as well as "weed out". Almost simply by taking it, one is proving why one has become a member of the PTG in the first place: to be an exemplar at large and to one's colleagues by demonstrating advanced knowledge and "advancing" knowledge.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 08/11/07 06:11:43 Central Daylight Time, ITUNEPIANO writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/11/2007 2:31:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pianotuna@accesscomm.ca writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><STRONG>and a very *oddly* out of tune piano (I do<BR>appreciate why it is sharp/flat/sharp/flat, but it is still not usual to<BR>find a piano "out of tune" that way in the "real world").<BR></STRONG></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>This is a major failing of the tuning exam. The exam should represent real world tuning, not an attempt to make a piano stable by prepping it in an un-natural way. The exam should test for pitch raising and tuning, just as we do every day in the field. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bob Maret, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR></DIV></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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