<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Barry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have not taken the course but  = did attend this years seminar at Minnisota. 10 days of top of the line class and = hands on work. There were 4 teachers for 26 students, and two groups. Advanced = ( 8 working on passing the tuning test for PTG ) and the 18 working on basic = tuning and repair skills. Randy took the 8 of us while Tom Cobble, Ward Guthrey = and David Snyder worked the 18.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Classes went from 8 AM to 10 PM at = night with about 45 minutes for lunch and dinner</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you have the TIME and FUNDS a = school would be my choice. But Randy offers another way to gather the knowledge and = skills needed to become proficent in piano work at your pace of = learning.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Attending the workshop allowed me to = get a very good view of the overall scope of the course. And as a teacher of 39 = years can confidently say that this is a top of the line</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>correspondence course.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One insight, due to all the spam out = there in the email world, one must folow Randy's instructions for communication very = closely. Any deviation from the rules will result in your messages not getting = through to him.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=bfd.dsl@pacific.net.au = href="mailto:bfd.dsl@pacific.net.au">Barry</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Piano List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 02, 2004 = 2:43 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Correspondence tuning courses</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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>