<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is good advice from Joe here, and = the way that a lot of techs break into the business. Try to get friendly with a local = dealer, where you can go in and tune the floor pianos when you can, since nobody = owns them yet, you're not going to get criticized if you make some mistakes = on one, the schedule would probably be whenever you can get around to doing the = tuning, and you might even get pointers from any other techs they have around.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Occassionally, the store owner may have = pianos that need regulation work done on them, and this would be an excellent way to = learn that end of it also.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>p.s.   Don't let a dealer get = behind in your payments. I know of one tech who had a dealer owe him $4K, and then = he went out of business.............</FONT></DIV> <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=imatunr@srvinet.com href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">Joe = And Penny Goss</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 09, 2003 = 8:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: on becoming a = piano tech</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Brad,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keep your day job and work into  = it  take a good correspondence couse like the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Randy Potter School of Piano Technology</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>61592 Orion Drive Bend Or = 97702</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>541 382 5411</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Join the guild and further your = education by taking classes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then when you feel comfortable make = the switch if you feel  you are ready to full time piano tech.</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"><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>