What is the best way to become a Piano Technician?

[Michael Spalding]

HI Michael,

I'll second what the others have said about the PTG website, and contacting
your local university tech/RPT.  

Is you book the one written by Jay Cree Fisher?  If so, it is dated, and
rather sparse.  A much better reference book would be "Piano Servicing
Tuning & Rebuilding" by Arthur Reblitz.  

If you're serious enough about learning to study on your own, think about a
correspondence course.  Randy Potter's is the best of it's kind, 
www.pianotuning.com, lots of discussion about the pros and cons in the
pianotech archives.

Good luck,

Mike


> [Original Message]
> From: Michael Bloom <michael.bloom@umontana.edu>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 4/14/2004 10:45:19 AM
> Subject: What is the best way to become a Piano Technician?
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been looking out on the net and reading this list for a while.  I 
> also have a book "Piano Tuning - a simple and accurate method for 
> amateurs".  I have read through it and have done some regulation on my
own 
> piano and been looking at other pianos to see if I could figure out what 
> was wrong. (Haven't changed anyone else's yet though).
>
> I was wondering what the best way to continue learning how to do tuning, 
> regulation and voicing, etc.  I live in Montana and there are no schools 
> that I could go to in order to learn.  I am also confused about the 
> certification process and what the final goal should be.
>
> Any direction you could give me would be very greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> michael bloom
> Missoula, MT
> michael.bloom@umontana.edu
>
>
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