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You are Bob. You are APerfectpiano.com! :):):)

Sounds like church!

Just without the choir.

...because everybody's a preacher?

Here's your choir! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4BWhvIlFVE

Jerry,

You're always helping us get a Handel on things...

Thanks!

You you mean this kind of Handel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RrdwElnTU

LOL! Now you are preaching!

I'm playing my own saggggaaaa now.

Hey, aren't I playing YOUR song now Andy? hahaha

This is my song:

http://youtu.be/2NHHjn5i3JY

But, I think they kind of want to do it My way.

You know, you Gave me a mountain to climb here.

A Perfect Piano was first in the phone book listings......back in the days when the phone book worked! ha ha.

Thank you, Jerry. Thankyouverymush.

Now that "we've" lightened things up again, go ahead and continue your conversations as per the threads original topic if you so desire.

That's the main reason I became a piano tech. It put me in the yellow pages between physicians and pizza.

I'm not sure which is more important: Physicians, or pizza? (probably the pizza!)

With more than 600 calories and a week’s worth of sodium per slice, it is the physician that comes later.

Both!!!

It is my understanding that retesting is only required of lapsed members if the exams have changed since they were originally taken.

Your comparison with schools is specious as the PTG isn't a school. All professional organizations require their members to to pay yearly fees to retain their credentials and more than a few require regular skills upgrading to keep them as well.


John

Its my understanding that retesting is required if payment of dues stops....therefore membership lapses, and a tech would like to be able to advertise and be recognized as an "RPT" again. Although what your saying about the exams changing or not, does make sense, I don't believe it has any bearing on the situation with the PTG unless this is a very recent change they made in this policy.

My comment was not specious about the comparison to schools. I was speaking of the end results... Accreditation, diplomas, professional status or simply letters beside ones name all come under the heading of "Credentials". They can come from schools that test, or they can come from organizations that test. Sometimes a membership in an organization may be mandated by regulations, but piano techs arn't one of them.

In a nutshell, as a graduate of a school program, the credential is recognized as an achievement, in and of itself and is retained by the graduate to be used as they wish. The PTG on the other hand has the RPT credential "rented" to a member for the sum of the yearly membersip due.

My comparison to schools is also tied to the role the PTG plays in providing educational resources, seminars and classes to its members. Schools do the same. Outside of private schools, college or university affiliated piano programs must additionally meet federal and provincial/state educational requirements which are mandated by a regulatory body. This is to assure to the public that a certain level of study (time), competancy and testing has taken place that is in their view, appropriate for the field of study.

Furthermore, graduate students from a recognized institution must meet attendance requirements usually measured in thousands of hours of classes and they must also complete all the required side related courses to their trade/profession...that is before they get to write their final tests. Organizations on the other hand may loosely present their education materials to a student as they wish and the entire process of learning could theoretically take place reading on a toilet with a manual on their lap.