[CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement

[tnrwim at aol.com]

I've said before, it doesn't take an RPT to make a difference in most of the pianos at a school. And there are a lot of non-RPTs out there who do very high level work. 

Yes, there are non-RPT's doing high level work. There are also RPT"s doing high level work. As I said before, the PTG is spending a lot of time, energy and money promoting the RPT. When school administrators are looking for a piano tuner, instead of them advertising in general, wouldn't it be to our advantage, as an organization, if they would be looking for an RPT, instead of just any piano tuner? That's all I'm trying to convey here. 

Until there is a government approved, and funded, apprentice program, the RPT is about the only credible "certified" piano technician out there. And just as there are in other profession, there are good ones, and there are bad ones. Remember, in a class of 500 graduates, someone graduates first in that class, but someone also graduates last. 

Wim






-----Original Message-----
From: tannertuner <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
To: Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>; caut <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 7:48 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement




This is the attitude I've run into generally. It seems the faculty believe they know what to look for, and few see the RPT designation as any real assistance in that process, because a score of 80 and a score of 100 get you the same lapel pin, despite being miles apart in skill level. When they're looking for cheap, they know what the budget is and they look for cheap because they've been unable to increase the budget. I took over work at a small school for a tech who'd been charging them the same low price for 10 years, and their $3500/year budget for 28 pianos which had been the same for years actually got cut this past year. All that extra stuff good techs do just eats away the insufficient budget. So, that's kind of what you get when the faculty manage the maintenance and you aren't really able to make recommendations and push the bar higher.  You don't need to be an RPT, much less a CAUT endorsed tech, to do that.  
 
I've said before, it doesn't take an RPT to make a difference in most of the pianos at a school. And there are a lot of non-RPTs out there who do very high level work.  No PTG designation will ever make a hill of beans until government requires we obtain some sort of certification to practice our trade.
 
As for Klavierbauer, is that a private or government program?
Jeff

--- On Sat, 7/24/10, Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com> wrote:


From: Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement
To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 10:34 AM


Sadly, it seems to me that most colleges want cheap, discount service. Look at the quality of truck maintenance in most state universities. I would not have my car serviced in the truck service department of the last school where I worked.
Getting these schools to upgrade to RPT would be a real accomplishment.
 
A few of the best schools want something more. Usually they know how to recognize it.
 
Klavierbauer is possible in a country the size of New England with a small handful of top notch manufacturers, a national school system that teaches cooperatively with industry, and a centuries-old tradition of exclusive trade and craft guilds. A place where all is well for those who fit in the system.
 
es




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