<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Hello Israel, Thank you for these information. It makes sense to come to the USA to pass the exams. I was just curious. It´s not an option for me because the PTG is completely unknown here in Germany and perhaps in Europe at all. We have the Bund Deutscher Klavierbauer, and I am even no member there, but I am thinking about becoming a member for a better reputation and getting their journal. Gregor > Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:21:20 -0700 > To: pianotech@ptg.org > From: custos3@comcast.net > Subject: Re: New member (Gregor _) > > At 06:08 AM 8/31/2008, Gregor wrote: > >Welcome Alejandra, > > > >congratulation for your decision to learn the most beautyful > >profession of the world :-) > > > >Concerning becoming a RPT I have a question to this list. Apparently > >the PTG is a North American association. But I read on the PTG > >website that there are some RPTs outside the USA and Canada (there > >is one in Spain, too). Does it mean that these RPTs came to the USA > >to pass the exams? Or is there a possibility to become a RPT without > >travelling to the USA? Alejandra is from Spain. That would be a longe ride. > > > >Gregor > > Gregor, > > Being accredited as an RPT (Registered Piano Technician) requires > passing 3 exams - two of which are practical hands-on exams that must > be administered by trained and certified examiners. Since currently > there are no such examiners outside the United States and Canada, it > would be impossible to become accredited as an RPT without coming to > North America. And yes, all the RPTs who live in Europe, Japan and > other places outside North America have at one time or another come > here to take the exams. I personally have worked with candidates from > Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Israel, Spain, Norway and South Africa. > > Typically they come to the PTG Annual Convention in the summer, and > take all the exams in a few days. Occasionally some have come to > visit relatives in the US - and used the occasion to arrange for > exams with chapters or exam boards willing and able to administer > them. Several are emigres from the US who still maintain their PTG > membership and RPT status. > > While a great majority of PTG members reside in North America, > approximately 1.5% of PTG membership live and work elsewhere. > > Israel Stein > <hr />Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger <a href='http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline' target='_new'>Get it now! </a></body> </html>