>I was asked today to consider teaching a piano tech program at one >of the local colleges where I work. I'd like to know if anyone here in >our group teaches or has taught such a course, and if so, what >would be a reasonable amount of material to cover in one month. A >while back there was a fair amount of discussion about texts used >in such a class. I'll be checking those too. Excuse the advertising (sort of), but over the years many technicians have found The Piano Book to be useful as a text in classes and workshops for non-techncians. It's at about the right technical level for semi-serious use and, since realistically these people are not learning to tune, the book has the kind of practical consumer information that will benefit them in the real world. Two other resources I would recommend are "The Wonders of the Piano" by Catherine Bielefeldt, which is especially interesting for its photos and descriptions of the manufacturing process, and the John Serkin video "The Anatomy of a Piano: How Your Grand Piano Works", which goes into the subject in quite a bit of depth (if a bit long). I sell both of these, as well as my own book, through Brookside Press. I believe Pianotek also sells them. I recall that someone in the College & University Tech Forum (perhaps Ken Sloane?) has been collecting syllabi for such courses. Larry Fine
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