October 31

I Need Help from my Peeps!

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  As many of you may know, I am a Registered Piano Technician with the Piano Technicians Guild. I have been a member since 2000 and an RPT since 2005. Of the many benefits of membership, attending the yearly regional or national conventions for a reduced price is one of them. Each convention has a wide variety of presenters who talk about many topics from tuning to rebuilding, and at many levels from novice to Advanced. Next year the convention is in Denver, Colorado, and I have been accepted to submit class ideas as a speaker to do a 90 minute class. I can submit as many ideas as I want, but they will only choose one (as far as I know) if they choose one of my ideas at all. So what I need from you is ideas. You know what topics I've created videos on, you know what methods and teaching styles I use, and if you read my posts on Pianoworld, you know some of the other topics I've posted and commented on. So let's have it. What topics do you think would be a good fit for me to teach to a class of piano technicians. Feel free to suggest topics on which I have not made any videos yet, or written articles or posts. I've given thousands of hours of instruction to hundreds of students, but this class means a lot to me and I want it to be memorable. Thank you in advance for all for your submissions.

About the author 

Mark Cerisano, RPT, B.Sc.(Mech.Eng.)

Instructor and Founder, howtotunepianos.com

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