Master Piano Tuner/Greg T.

[Joe & Penny Goss]

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> From: Billbrpt <Billbrpt@aol.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Master Piano Tuner/Greg T.
> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 7:13 AM
> 
> In a message dated 5/20/98 12:34:27 AM Central Daylight Time,
PDtek@aol.com
> writes:
> 
> << Now it seems to me that anyone who is able to pass an exam in this way
> without
>  ever laying hands on a piano has no right to pass themselves off as
qualified
>  to competently work on pianos, and a customer has no way of knowing who
has
>  passed the more stringent tests. Now, I admit that I have not kept track
of
>  guild polocies since then. Have all RPTs taken and passed the most
recent
> test
>  procedures? If not, doesn't this state of affairs greatly dilute the RPT
>  status?
>  
>  If I remember correctly, when the "new testing" proposal was voted down,
the
>  reason given was that if these "old testing" techs had been in business
all
>  this time, then we could safely assume that their skills were up to
speed. In
>  other words, the same philosophy that is used by the Master Piano
Technicians
>  of America. >>
> 
> The above is an argument that has been run over an over again.  It will
serve
> no purpose to even discuss it.  Many of those who fit the above
description
> have already retired or passed away.  My assumption is that the rest will
also
> in due time.  So let's not dwell on it.
> 
> Greg T., I had no idea that you were not a member of PTG or that you were
not
> an RPT.  From the things that you write, I would expect that you could
pass
> the RPT exams more than adequately.  The advice I would give to you is
> basically that which I would offer to anyone:  Join PTG, it will be the
best
> investment you could ever make.  Go to every Regional Seminar you can
manage
> to attend, go to every Annual Convention you can mange to attend.
> 
> Take the RPT Exams.  There is a prescreening process that will help you
not
> waste your time and money, the Examiners' time and will save personal
> humiliation if you are not yet ready to pass at RPT standards.  Once you
have
> passed these Exams, you need to put back in what you taken out by
volunteering
> as an Examiner yourself.  For the Technical Exam, you need only be an RPT
to
> qualify.  To become a Certified Tuning Examiner is a much more legnthy
process
> and your tuning skills must be at the very highest level.  However if you
do
> not qualify as a CTE Trainee, you can still and should volonteer as one
of the
> RPT's needed to serve on the set up nof a Master Tuning and on the
scoring of
> other examinees' Exams.  When you serve in this way, you will benefit by
> increasing your own knowledge and skill immensely.  When you qualify as a
CTE
> Trainee, you should go through that process and serve at least one 5 year
> term.  This will increase your breadth of knowledge and skill by an
> immesurable but greatly significant amount.
> 
> I can only add that it would take a very long post to tell you what you
don't
> realize you have missed out on so far.  It just may be that the reason
that I
> seem so very sure of myself when I talk about issues in tuning is that I
have
> a great deal of experience and understanding derived from many sources
over a
> substantial legnth of time.  Virtually all of it has been through my
> association with PTG.   I have no comment on the "other organization" or
its
> members use of the title, "Master" other than what I have already said in
a
> previous post.
> 
> Bill Bremmer RPT
> Madison, Wisconsin