tough enough

[paul bruesch]

Referring back to a post on this thread from earlier today, I was also told
when I got my Private Pilot rating that now I could start learning to fly.
Same has been stated and re-stated repeatedly about the RPT exams... that
it's a STARTING point, not an end unto itself. Geez, give it a rest already.
No one has Ever stated that passing the RPT exams makes you qualified to
tune for Elton John or Skip James. It should also be pointed out that
there's a local guy who's tuned for NUMEROUS big (and picky) names who is
not an RPT... he's just very very good at what he does.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On 8/11/07, PAULREVENKOJONES <paulrevenkojones at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Bob:
>
> How long an exam do you want? Shall we also then test for mitigating false
> beats, oh and while we're there, re-pin that section of the bridge, and, by
> golly, twist a few bass strings? The exam is designed to "weed in" as well
> as "weed out". Almost simply by taking it, one is proving why one has become
> a member of the PTG in the first place: to be an exemplar at large and to
> one's colleagues by demonstrating advanced knowledge and "advancing"
> knowledge.
>
> Paul
>
>  *"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune
> cookie)*
>
>
> In a message dated 08/11/07 06:11:43 Central Daylight Time, ITUNEPIANO
> writes:
>
>   In a message dated 8/11/2007 2:31:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> pianotuna at accesscomm.ca writes:
>
> *and a very *oddly* out of tune piano (I do
> appreciate why it is sharp/flat/sharp/flat, but it is still not usual to
> find a piano "out of tune" that way in the "real world").
> *
>
>  This is a major failing of the tuning exam.  The exam should represent
> real world tuning, not an attempt to make a piano stable by prepping it in
> an un-natural way.  The exam should test for pitch raising and tuning, just
> as we do every day in the field.
>
> Bob Maret, RPT
> Piano Technician
>
>
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