Piano Technician Training

[David Smith]

David,

>Wait a minute...if your 1/3 to 1/2 way through the course you ought know 
>quite a bit by now unless it's like a mystery novel and all the good stuff 
>is at the end.  ;-]
>
>David I.


Just trying to be realistic as to my real knowledge.  I like the Randy 
Potter course because I can work on it anytime from home and live wherever I 
like, as in SW Florida.   What is missing is the real time counsel and 
critique of a seasoned expert, which is what my post last week was about 
finding.  I would recommend the Randy Potter course to anyone for home 
study, as the best alternative for getting started on your own time from 
wherever, but still is not substitute for having an experienced and willing 
technician-tutor to work with or for.

Dave


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>----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
>From: David Smith <dsmith941@hotmail.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Received: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:47:36 -0500
>Subject: Re: Piano Technician Training
>
> >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
>
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