Either one could be a bad thing especially if the heresy was hear say. lol Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: pianowerks.inc at comcast.net To: Pianotech List Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:49 PM Subject: RE: THE best RPT in America (rant) Heresy or hear-say....lol -------------- Original message -------------- From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88 at hotmail.com> > First of all, to be fair, that is heresy, and "quoted" from your memory. We > have no way of knowing if he said any of that in jest, or if you misquoted > or even misunderstood what he was conveying. > > Having said that, Being and RPT may have its merits and benifits, but in no > way does it guarantee a better income or anything else other than the > satisfaction that you passed the test and can put the logo on your business > cards. > > Terry Peterson > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Tom Sivak > Reply-To: Pianotech List > To: pianotech > Subject: THE best RPT in America (rant)! &g t; Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 06:33:38 -0700 (PDT) > > List > > What do you think about an RPT whom I met recently? Below are some of > his comments that I found...interesting. > > 1. Only one or two clients per month can "appreciate" the really fine > tuning he is capable of, so he feels that "as long as the unisons and > octaves are close" that's good enough for the rest of them. > > 2. Informed me that he never bothered to learn how to splice a string. > His scores on the other areas of the RPT Technical Exam were high enough > that he passed without even attempting it. > > 3. Told me that his hearing is "too good". "I actually hear > coincidental partials! When I use a M3/M10 test on an octave, I actually > hear the coincidental partials beating!" (WOW! Imagine that! Now there's > a set of ears!) > > 4. Told me he covets the job of tunin! g for h is local symphony orchestra, > and regarding the guy who has the gig, "I can't figure out how he got the > position. I've heard his work. I do a much better job." > > 5. Hired to tune pianos in a warehouse (with me and 4 other tuners), he > tuned two pianos in 7 hours. (I tuned 6.) He then asked me, "How do you do > it so fast?" So the next day, I chose to tune a piano behind him so I could > watch him in action to see if I could give him some tips on tuning faster. > I watched him as he used both hands to place the tuning lever on each pin, > left hand on the tip, right hand on the handle. Then...he'd detune the > string by at least a half step to a minor third, before pulling it back up > to pitch. He did this on pitch raises as well as the final pass. I > commented, "You could improve your speed if you used just one hand to move > the tuning lever from one pin to the next." He repli! ed, "I don't want to > scratch the plate. That's why I use both hands." (Am I super-coordinated or > something, that I am able to move the tuning lever from one pin to the next > without scratching the plate? Or is this just another Associate-related bad > habit? I > couldn't even think of a way to comment on his detuning of each string > without insulting him.) > > 6. Claimed that Virgil Smith told him that he tuned as well as Virgil > himself and that he could teach him nothing. (Except perhaps the one thing > Virgil should have taught him: to do the best he can on every piano, whether > he thinks the client can "appreciate" it, or not.) > > 7. Wore a tie (with the RPT logo on the tie tac) every day to the > warehouse while the rest of us wore Tshirts and shorts. (OK, at this point, > every little thing about this guy bugged me...my apologies to all you > logo-bearing-t! ie-tac- wearing RPTs out there.) > > 8. Claimed he won an award from his chapter for passing his RPT exam > quicker than anyone EVER had in the past. (Less than 4 years...and...NO > STRINGS WERE SPLICED during the production of this RPT!) > > What a piece of work this guy was! > > Sorry for that. I do feel better, though, sharing that with someone. > Anyone. > > This is not a rant against RPTs in general. I may be one myself, one > day. Call me old-fashioned, but I plan to splice a string at my Tech Exam, > plan to continue to do the best tuning I can on every spinet I come across, > will continue to not cast aspersions on the work of others in my field, and > will never drop Virgil's name in an effort to validate myself. > > Tom Sivak > Associate Member Chicago Chapter > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060615/9175b87e/attachment.html
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