<!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 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don't forget the Emil Fries School.  Like NBSS and Western Ontario they are an accredited school, which is where it counts!  Plus, they are one of the oldest schools that teaches Piano Technology now days.  Its a shame that they don't except sighted students anymore...  That's a bad move in my opinion, But who am I to say.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shawn Brock, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.shawnbrock.com">www.shawnbrock.com</A></FONT></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=paulrevenkojones@aol.com href="mailto:paulrevenkojones@aol.com">paulrevenkojones@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Teaching Tuning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CSPT (Chicago School for Piano Technology)!  NBSS (North Bennett Street School)! </FONT><IMG height=19 alt=:-) src="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/resources/core/images/smile.gif" 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 <<A href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net</A>><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="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; 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 class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAE6658F9ADB18-8A4-8ED><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>