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[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 8/18/99 4:59:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, you write:

<< Thanks for your encouragement. >>

I forgot to tell you that you will learn more about tuning than you could 
anywhere else for free if you attend seminars and conventions and volunteer 
to be on the RPT Tuning Exam committee.  If you passed the Exam with all 
scores above 90, they probably already tried to get you to sign a form saying 
you wil "Consent to Serve".

However, you only need to be an RPT and you never have to actually be 
certified as a CTE to participate fully in this process.  Once you 
participate in the setting up of a "Master Tuning"  (which Kent Swafford 
wishes were called "Reference Tuning" and I agree), you will really see how 
monumental a task it is to perfectly equalize the scale of a piano from one 
end to the other.

This and the Aural Verification of the Examinee's scored errors will teach 
you the ins and outs of tuning in a way that no other process can.  You will 
become a true master of the art by simply donating your time.  When and if 
you feel ready to do so, you will be allowed to take the Exam again for free 
so that you can qualify as an Examiner Trainee.

Go for it.

Bill Bremmer RPT