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thanks, Alicia - I see them now. <div><br></div><div>Allen</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 5, 2008, at 10:30 PM, A E wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><a href="http://www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u/index.cfm?pid=46&catalogueContentID=136">http://www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u/index.cfm?pid=46&catalogueContentID=136</a><br><br><a href="http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/ug-prospectus/courses-07-08/musical-instruments.cfm">http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/ug-prospectus/courses-07-08/musical-instruments.cfm</a><br> <br>Allen,<br>I'm attaching links above, I lived in London a long time VERY long, and I was accepted to LMU, so there must be course.<br> <br>Alicia Evans<br><br><blockquote><hr>From: <a href="mailto:akwright@btopenworld.com">akwright@btopenworld.com</a><br>Subject: UK piano tech courses<br>Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:03:02 +0100<br>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br><br>David,<div><br></div><div>When I look up the Lincoln College and also Metropolitan University websites, I don't find any mention of piano tech courses. I'm curious what makes you say there are such - maybe I'm just not looking at the right place, but are you sure the courses are indeed up and running?</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Allen Wright, RPT</div><div>London, UK</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 4, 2008, at 7:52 PM, David Boyce wrote:</div><br class="EC_Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">There is not a course in piano technology at the Royal Northern College of Music, so far as I am aware.<span class="EC_Apple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Perhaps Alicia means a piano teaching course?</div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">It's good to see that Lincoln College (formerly Newark College) seem to be running their piano tuning and technology course again after a gap.<span class="EC_Apple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>It and the London Metropolitan University (formerly london College of Furniture) course are the only two piano technology courses left in the UK, apart from the specialised course for the visually impaired at Hereford.</div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">I'm sure there is no age bar on this list!<span class="EC_Apple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>One of the nice things about this place is the willingness of some very wise and experienced professionals to share their knowledge and experience with others who are keen to learn.</div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">The Samick uprights I have comed across are perfectly respectable of their type - certainly comparing well with the smaller of the Kemble/Yamahas put together in England.</div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">There is a broad discussion to be had, perhaps in another thread, about the dying out of piano technology in the UK along with the demise of the piano-making industry here.</div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">Best regards,</div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">David.</div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">what does (piano tech) mean?</div><div style="min-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">A E <<a href="mailto:eve_ane@hotmail.co.uk">eve_ane@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; "><span class="EC_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Grandmother actually... plus i did a correspondence course or two... or three... and studied at Royal Northern college of music in UK (piano tech) but didn't finish as i had to move back to US... accepted to London Metropolitan university to study PT next year.</div><div style="min-height: 14px; 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