Anybody Know About This?

[Richard Raskob]

I lived in the Twin Cities Area from 1986-96.  In the middle years of that 
period I would travel to Forest City Iowa once or some times twice a year 
and tune for Walforf College and Dr. Schmidt.  The first year I went there 
he told me a "friend of the college" maintained the pianos between my 
visits.  I later surmised that Dr. Schmidt was that friend.  Dr. Schmidt 
got his Doctorate from the University of Minnesota in the late seventies or 
early eighties.  He is a man who is very kind, religious, and talented.  I 
have not spoken to him in many years and know nothing about his class.  I 
would think it would be aimed at piano majors who wanted or needed to be 
able to help with their instruments maintenance.

Richard Raskob RPT

-----Original Message-----
From:	Avery Todd [SMTP:atodd@UH.EDU]
Sent:	Tuesday, July 13, 1999 12:38 PM
To:	pianotech@ptg.org
Cc:	caut@ptg.org; mpt@talklist.com
Subject:	Anybody Know About This?

List,

   There has appeared on a student bulletin board in the music building
this flyer:

                            PIANO TUNING
                         Certificate Course
                         (career training)

It's a five-day course, Section A from 4:30 - 6:00 PM and
                        Section B from 6:45 - 8:15 PM

It's being given by someone named Dr. Timothy A. Schmidt. DMA
(professor of music, Waldorf College, Iowa) with checks for $500.00
(tuition and tools) to be made out to something called Music Pro.

>From the looks of the form, you choose EITHER section A or B, not both.
Wonderful! Just what we need. Learn to be a piano tuner in 7-1/2 hrs.

I just wondered if anyone else has heard of anything like this.

mailto:atodd@uh.edu                 I'd rather be over the hill
                                         than under it.
Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4201