<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CSPT (Chicago School for Piano Technology)!  NBSS (North Bennett Street School)! </font><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/resources/core/images/smile.gif" alt=":-)" height="19" width="19"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <br> Yup, it's difficult. You can find our entire curriculum out on our website, Tom. It's taken years to develop, and we're not done, ever.  While you're there, take a look at the graduates page, see what they're doing after one year of training.<br> <br> Paul<br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Tom Sivak <tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 5:24 pm<br> Subject: Teaching Tuning<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_d86c52cb-f0e0-48e9-af91-435d44d3d4f0" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>I have a new-found respect for those of you who teach others to tune. I took on <br> a student, albeit a not-too-serious one, this summer. I have taught piano for <br> nearly 20 years, I used to teach college level music theory; I thought I could <br> be a good tuner-teacher, too. Not so. Knowing what you're doing doesn't <br> necessarily make you able to teach that to others.<br> <br> My theory, as to why this was so difficult for me, is that I basically taught <br> myself how to do all this stuff. Sure, I had tutoring sessions with various <br> RPTs here in my area, but for the most part, I read, I watched others <br> critically, I attended all the PTG meetings and Institutes I could, and I bought <br> old junker pianos and regulated, reconditioned, and partially rebuilt them. <br> <br> I didn't really do it all by myself, but there was no curriculum I followed, nor <br> any logical course of action other than trying to absorb everything that came my <br> way.<br> <br> So when it came time to pass this knowledge down, I had no idea how to form <br> basic lesson plans that progressed from one step to another, or create aural <br> tuning exercizes to help this youngster learn how to tune. <br> <br> Perhaps a more serious student might have made me feel a little better about the <br> job I did, but I don't blame the student. I think I'm just no good at it. I <br> don't foresee taking on any other students in the future.<br> <br> No response necessary from anyone on this post. Just wanted to express my <br> gratitude to those who helped me get a start, and my admiration for those of you <br> who have the talent to teach others.<br> <br> Tom Sivak<br> Chicago<br> </tt></pre> </div>  <div id='u8CAE6658F9ADB18-8A4-8ED' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Looking for spoilers and reviews on the new TV season? <A title="http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037" href="http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037" target="_blank">Get AOL's ultimate guide to fall TV</A>.</FONT> </div>