[CAUT] Jeanie's brain storm - was Boston changed to dealers...

[wbis290 at aol.com]

HI Jeff,

I agree that there are different ways to prep different brands  That's 
part of what a competent tech's roll is. If a tech does not know this 
point are they really a competent tech?

Bill Balmer, RPT
Ohio Northern University and the University of Findlay


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Tanner <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2009 8:41 pm
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Jeanie's brain storm - was Boston changed to 
dealers...


I agree that a competent tech should be able to prep any brand, BUT, 
there is a definite difference in how each brand should be prepped. The 
finished product should reflect the differences in each manufacturer's 
philosophy. 
Tanner 
 
> Personally, I think it's many years overdue to ditch the presumption 
that > acceptable technical skills are piano brand specific. Shouldn't 
any > competent tech be able to prep a new *anything* without a 
specific > manufacturer's certification? I'm told that over half the 
PTG membership > has never attended, that's *never*, a national 
convention. I don't > understand how manufacturers pressuring their 
dealers will get the > cheapest tuners the dealer can find into any 
sort of training program when > they won't attend the training already 
offered them. 
> 
> Just my perspective. 
> Ron N