<html> Home office info from about a year ago........ Demographics 10% of PTG members are female. 55% are Registered Piano Technicians. 95% list themselves as piano technicians. 5% are rebuilders, manufacturers, dealers, and hobbyist with rebuilders being the largest group. 56 is the average age of a PTG member. 28% are 60 years old or more. 8% are under 40. 95% renewed membership for 2004 (an outstanding rate for a membership organization. 22% of members live in Region 1 (NE). 34% of members live in either Region 2 (SE) or 4 (CE).  These two regions are approximately the same size. 40 (on average) Associates become RPTs each year. Regards, Guy Nichols, RPT Trade Relations Committee, PTG At 04:38 PM 1/2/2005 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Okay, I'll bite. 52 years old here in CA. In a message dated 1/2/05 1:09:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianolover88@hotmail.com writes: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> I too, would have to count myself in the "young" category, at least for my chosen profession. I wonder what is the average age of techs in general? I have the feeling that most tuners, at least here in  the USA are 50+ years of age, and probably a very good % are well over 60.  Am I wrong? Terry Peterson</blockquote> </blockquote></html>