<html> <body> Was that the one in CA, I belive? If so, I started with that one also. Thankfully, I got away from it! :-) Avery At 04:08 PM 1/3/05, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi List, I did 25 years in the Royal Canadian Navy, retiring in 1981. My career manager offered me the option of staying in the Navy till age 55. I said no, as I had about 100 people wanting a piano tuning. Remember this is about 5 years after I started tuning.   I started doing pianos in 1975, part time, when our piano tuner had a stroke.My Wife said, "who is going to do our piano now?" I was reading a magazine at the time, and saw an ad for a course in piano tuning. I completed the course in 1976. (I have since found out that is the bottom of the list, as far as tuning courses go.) But it did get me started.   I joined the Guild, and began attending conventions. It was true, the course I had taken, was a bad course. But many conventions later, I now feel that I give good value for money.   This list and the conventions are the best.   Best regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada <a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a> <dl> <dd>  </dl></blockquote></body> </html>