I still think it goes back to the field of tuning itself. If one needed a license from the state to tune a piano just like teaching shop requires, the PTG would hence become a paid club just like the music educators national conference. If one needs a license to cut hair why the hell not to tune a piano. If you need a license to have an animal, why not to tune a piano. If you need a license to fish or hunt, why not to tune a piano. If you need a license to sell alcohol, why not to tune a piano. If you need a license to be an undertaker, why not to tune a piano. If you need a licensee to beg (in some states), why not to tune a piano. I think it is time that piano tuning and repairing is licensed by the federal government. Get rid of the RPT. Everyone has to pass a state test and convert the PTG into the club it really belongs.
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC