Doug, I am about 1/3 to 1/2 way through the Randy Potter course. Contact me off line if you wish by email and we can talk in detail. I dont know a lot but will share what I think I do know. Dave Smith Florida >From: Doug Jones <limax@plover.net> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Piano Technician Training >Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:52:09 -0500 (CDT) > >Greetings, > I just joined the mailing list a couple of days ago and have been >enjoying the amount of email sent to me by this mailing list. It's nice >to see a very active list. > > I do have a question about training to become a piano technician >(as I'm sure you have been asked numerous times). How did you get your >training? Currently, I'm looking into both the Randy Potter and the >Americal School correspondence courses, but I'm not sure if either is >better or if I should try to find a technician who is willing to take on >an apprentice. > > I have issues with how both schools present themselves as being >the "better" school. In the case of Randy Potter, he includes a >12-year-old article from Keyboard Magazine saying that his school is the >best. (Written by Larry Fine, no less) I'm not sure how much relavance >an article of that age has on training today. In the case of the American >School, there are email testimonials included, but none of the >testimonials are from members of the PTG. They say that they just haven't >bothered. Cost, of course, is an issue, since the Randy Potter course >costs twice as much as the American School course. > > Which brings me to the other option. From what I've read on the >list and the archives, it seems to me that most piano technicians would >not be willing to take on an apprentice since they fear that this will >take business away from them. How can that be approached? Yes, I'd be >willing to pay a technician for training if they would offer it to me. >I have been in touch with the PTG about membership and stating that I'm >looking to maybe apprentice to someone. I'm currently living in the SF >Bay Area, just to give you a geographical reference. > >Any help/suggestions/comments would be very welcome. You are welcome to >contact me off-list if you feel that this is not worthy of the bandwidth >on the list. > >Thank you very much. >Sincerely, >Doug Jones _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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