Ralph: I took a rather poor mail order course probably back in the early 70's, but it got me started. I started part-time tooning around 1980, worked for a dealer one year around 1987, joined PTG primarily to get the Journal probably around the same time I went fulltime in 1992. I completed the tests at Dearborn (1995 or 1996?). I guess you would say I was self-taught. I make a good wage and am sometimes in demand more than I can handle. I'll try to be humble when I say I have a good reputation with my clientele, the public and other piano technicians in the area. I'll never know all I want to know, and the holes in my knowledge and skill irk me considerably. I keep working at them. Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA Ralph Martin wrote: > I would be very interested in a poll taken directly from this list, > including the factory technicians that sometimes contribute information, to > learn how the majority learned their craft. It could prove to be very > revealing. I'll begin with myself and let others add their source(s) for > learning. > How about the rest of you folk?
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