What is and what is not a piano tuner (was Re: TheFinalResult)

[David Ilvedson, RPT]

Richard and Keith!

Give it a rest...I'm ready to put you guys in with my Bill filter.

David I.
-----Original Message-----
From: kam544@flash.net <kam544@flash.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: What is and what is not a piano tuner (was Re: TheFinalResult)


>>kam544@flash.net wrote:
>>...My definition, in its temporary briefest
>>> context...Someone who is actively tuning pianos and leaving them in a
>>>reasonable
>>> tuned state and choosing to use whatever method of operation to
accomplish
>>> such an act.
>>
>>That, my freind is very close to the same thing, the only qualifier being
>>that the
>>person has learned how to operate a tuning machine and set tuning pins. If
>>thats
>>what the person can do, and nothing else... then that person qualifies as
>>a piano
>>tuner by your definition...
>>Richard Brekne
>
>Yes, in its essence.
>
>>...I dont personally give a darn what they call themselves. But if they
>>want to be
>>accredited then they have to prove themselves, and they cant do this by
>>use of an
>>ETD alone. Thats what this is discussion is about...
>
>No, Richard, that's what your discussion was about.  My position was never
>about that.  I was addressing the numerous individuals throughout the world
>who do succeed in accomplishing reasonable, stable piano tunings on a daily
>basis, that do receive compensation for such activity, that do satisfy
>their customers, that are not members of, or affiliated with, the Piano
>Technicians Guild (PTG), that are piano tuners.  That's all.
>
>And something else came to me today that turned out to be quite an
>interesting insight.  Maybe it might be the same for you and/or for some
>others on the List.
>
>What were we, you and I, and every other Registered Piano Technician just
>prior to taking and passing the Piano Technicians Guild tuning exam?  For
>myself I must confess I was a piano tuner long before the tuning test
>confirmed what I already knew and declared myself to be, otherwise, I would
>never have taken it.
>
>Keith McGavern
>Registered Piano Technician
>Oklahoma Chapter 731
>Piano Technicians Guild
>USA
>
>
>