MArk Thank you for your reply. Your answers ing three different issues, the requirement, the education and the cost, as if they were related. They are in a way, but they are separate issues. The requirement should be that all techs who work on Yamaha's should be trained how to work on those instruments. That might encourage Yamaha dealers to hire techs who know a little more to begin with. Even if that education is only for one week, it's better than no education at all. The cost should be paid by the one who benefits, and aren't all three the beneficiaries of that education? BTW, since I've not been to the LRS, what are some of the differences between the exam given by Yamaha and the RPT exam? Wim -----Original Message----- From: Mark Wisner <markwisner at earthlink.net> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 3:59 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] Boston changed to dealers techs mfgrs and other such No, Yamaha doesn't require their dealer techs to attend the Little Red Schoolhouse. No matter how good the teacher, and teachers don't get any better than LaRoy and the Yamaha team, it's impossible to turn 8 or 10 students into technicians honed to the razors edge of technical perfection in one week. And since the cost to the manufacturer for in-house training runs about $1,000 per week, per student, it's just not possible to keep 'em there for too long. I have a pretty simple way of looking at training (among other) issues: Whoever gets the benefit should pay for it. It's my belief that most folks get smarter, and learn better, when it's THEIR money being invested in the schoolin'. Now, if an employer strikes a deal with a tech to underwrite training expenses, that's a different deal, and can be great for both parties. Mark Wisner .-----Original Message----- From: wimblees at aol.com Sent: Nov 21, 2009 2:47 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Boston changed to dealers techs mfgrs and other such Yamaha’s Little Red School House has an exam at the end of the session. jeannie I didn't know that. The next question. Are Yamaha dealers' techs required to attend the Little Rd School house before they are allowed to work on Yamaha pianos? Wim Yamaha’s Little Red School House has an exam at the end of the session. jeannie I didn't know that. The next question. Are Yamaha dealers' techs required to attend the Little Rd School house before they are allowed to work on Yamaha pianos? Wim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091121/40d312eb/attachment.htm>
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