<!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 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=620225001-03022004>Hello, Barry,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=620225001-03022004>   I took the Randy Potter course = back in '95. It took a year to complete, and I worked on it every evening. I = passed all the tests and got my diploma. I can recommend the course highly. = However, I don't think Randy's course, or any other  course is enough = without some kind of one on one teaching. I never really grasped the art of = listening to anything other than the fundamental frequency while tuning, until I went = to a tuning seminar that Randy put on in Minnesota. I came away from that = seminar with all the knowledge I needed to start excelling as a piano tuner. The = teachers were all very dedicated to the piano business people. I = don't think I would have gotten over the hump without them. Just my two cents.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=620225001-03022004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=620225001-03022004>Richard Strang</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of = </B>Barry<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 02, 2004 4:43 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Piano = List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Correspondence tuning courses<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV>Hi everyone..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would like to get some reaction from you regarding the = correspondence courses available.. eg: Randy Potter and the American School of Tuning = etc.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There are no "hands on" courses available in Australia anymore = except occasional apprenticeships.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Has anyone successfully passed one of these correspondence = courses and would you recommend them?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV>Barry</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>