<!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 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Bob you have some good points, how ever this brand of testing could never be considered.  If it ever came to pass everyone who's an RPT would have to be retested just to make things fair.  It still gets me when I think of how the exams were more of a back slapping affair in the past.  We have some folks who are classified as RPT's now who could never pass the tests of today.  Someone should look in to that!  </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=ITUNEPIANO@aol.com href="mailto:ITUNEPIANO@aol.com">ITUNEPIANO@aol.com</A> </DIV> <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> Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: tough enough</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/11/2007 11:17:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:paulrevenkojones@aol.com">paulrevenkojones@aol.com</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>"How long an exam do you want?"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Hi Paul.  A piano uniformly 3 or 4 cents flat will better simulate  the average piano in the field.  That's not flat enough to skew the accuracy of the test by reason of instability - especially since we are moving only center strings.  The current method of one string flat, one sharp is very annoying, because we NEVER see a piano like that out in the field.  If the piano were detuned 8 cents, then a pitch raise would be needed, and 20 min could be allowed for that.  It wouldn't need to to be scored, the tuning test itself would score it.  I adjust pitch all day long, during or prior to tuning, depending on the situation.  The tuning test should simulate that IMHO.   </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bob Maret, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title=http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982 href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>