In a message dated 5/24/98 5:38:26 AM Central Daylight Time, mvanloon@xs4all.nl writes: << Last year the VvPN (the Dutch equivalent of the PTG) was founded and they started a tuning test (copied from the PTG) . André Oorebeek (Antares) was the first to pass the test on Sunday 22 March 1998. >> I'm very glad to see that the PTG RPT Tuning Exam procedure has been adopted in Europe. At the IAPBT meeting in Albuquerque in July 1995 to which I was a delegate, I suggested that PTG make the information available to the Japan Piano Technicians Association. I don't know whether they have done anything with it yet. The Japanese had basically a "good old boy" system of examining but they did have one good idea: you had to demonstrate raising the pitch of a piano 20˘. I don't know how they judged that pitch raise but they ability to make a pitch adjustment is very important and the PTG exam does not .test that at all. In my view, the PTG RPT Tuning Exam is the best evaluation ever developed but nearly everyone agrees that it is not perfect. If we can improve upon it, we will and if there are ideas that come from other counties, the PTG ETS committee would be very interested. Congratulations, Antares! Good luck in your endeavor, Micheal! Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, WIsconsin
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