<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael, you have an .edu mail address, = are you employed at a College?  You might want to talk to the person who = services the pianos there. Keep reading, the others might have the time to post a = lengthy reply, I don't right now.  Good Luck.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=michael.bloom@umontana.edu href="mailto:michael.bloom@umontana.edu">Michael Bloom</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 14, 2004 = 8:45 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What is the best way = to become a Piano Technician?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>I have been looking out on the net and = reading this list for a while.  I <BR>also have a book "Piano Tuning - a = simple and accurate method for <BR>amateurs".  I have read through it and = have done some regulation on my own <BR>piano and been looking at other pianos = to see if I could figure out what <BR>was wrong. (Haven't changed anyone else's = yet though).<BR><BR>I was wondering what the best way to continue learning = how to do tuning, <BR>regulation and voicing, etc.  I live in Montana = and there are no schools <BR>that I could go to in order to learn.  I am = also confused about the <BR>certification process and what the final goal = should be.<BR><BR>Any direction you could give me would be very greatly appreciated.<BR><BR>thanks,<BR>michael bloom<BR>Missoula, MT<BR><A = href="mailto:michael.bloom@umontana.edu">michael.bloom@umontana.edu</A>= <BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>