[CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1110, Issue 16 ("Steinway technician")

[Fred Sturm]

Hi Jim,
	Don't hold your breath waiting to be invited. I got into each seminar  
I attended by pestering. If you don't ask, it probably won't happen.  
The concert prep class now has four attendees per class - I think I  
heard it was just two in a class in earlier years. So the numbers are  
increasing.
	I think the certificate was something Kent decided to do. He was the  
one who asked us how we wanted our names spelled (the class was taught  
by Eric, but Kent came around quite a bit, I'm sure partly because he  
is on the verge of taking over, if that hasn't happened already). I  
didn't get one for any of the previous three seminars, though I think  
someone said something that seemed to imply they would send one once.  
Those guys wear so many hats, and work such long hours, that things  
like that are likely to be the first to get forgotten.
	After attending all four, I feel my limitations much more than I did  
before I attended the first one. Ars longa, vita brevis! (For those  
whose Latin is shaky, that means that art/skill takes a long time, and  
life is short).
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On May 9, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Jim Busby wrote:

> Fred,
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding that only a very  
> small handful of technicians actually complete all of the S&S  
> seminars and get that certificate you mentioned. In fact, I only  
> personally know 4 who have. I was also told that the last class is  
> "by invitation only". IOW, there are only a few that will get that  
> call. This not only shows the caliber technician you are, but seems  
> to indicate that those certificates are rare indeed! Kudos to you!
>
> Jim Busby