----- Original Message ----- From: caut-request at ptg.org >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:30:14 +0100 >From: Richard Brekne <ricb at pianostemmer.no> >Subject: [CAUT] Tech Quals matter >To: caut at ptg.org >Message-ID: <49A466E6.2010701 at pianostemmer.no> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >Hi Folks. >I remember a couple months back we were going round and round a bit on >the general subject of CAUT certifications and I mentioned that if the >PTG and CAUT doesn't come up with a a truly viable certification that >someone else... perhaps Steinway I think I said at the time... would. >Seems like here in Europe Yamaha has decided to establish a Euro Yamaha >PTG which will directly compete with the various associations and no >doubt will vie with the European umbrella association Euro Piano. Euro >Piano has been struggling to get a certifications test up and going and >struggling with internal matters that have bogged down progress quite a >bit... and tho many of us have high hopes it will finally emerge as a >unified solid heavy weight association.... many others have serious >doubts as to whether or not the many difficult issues will ever get >solved. In the meantime.... Yamaha is jumping in with both feet and no >doubt will follow the model they use in Japan. Japanese tuners wanting >to get cooperation for parts and service from Yamaha simply have to work >for a Yamaha dealer. Of course this comes with the usual conditions one >could expect with respect to loyalties issues, pay, etc. >Yet another chaw to chew on for those of you following the current >efforts to create a bonified Caut certification. I suppose this kinda >goes in the opposite direction as my post the other day... and again... >view this post for your own edification and reply off list if you feel >the need. But I guess the moral of the story is that if CAUT and the >PTG doesn't come up with something good.... well someone else will take >the lead and perhaps more. No reason to sweat here, Ric., as far as I am concerned. I don't think that a certification tied to one piano brand is going to get much traction in the CAUT environment - where a great variety of much quirkier and more challenging instruments than Yamaha is in use. And I don't think Yamaha is going to get anywhere denying parts to University accounts unless they use a Yamaha certified technician - Yamaha has more to lose by making life difficult for CAUTs than the Universities have by avoiding Yamahas when they get this sort of treatment. A PTG certification can easily avoid that problem (if it ever materializes) simply by being positioned as a "comprehensive" certification. I think Yamaha is going after the retai - not institutional - trade with this campaign. And the US will be a tough nut to crack - Steinway got their behind handed to them in the 60's and 70's when they tried the same trick here. Israel Stein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090225/11ec94b0/attachment.html>
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