Based in Kansas City, KS, the PTG has over 4100 members throughout the United States, Canada and around the world. The candidate must also demonstrate facility in various common repairs involving wood, cloth, felt, piano wire and other materials commonly used in pianos.Īll the procedures on these exams must be completed in prescribed time periods – thus demonstrating the fluency required of a professional.What is the PTG? The Piano Technicians Guild, (PTG), is the official organization of the Registered Piano Technician (RPT), is the world’s premier source of expertise in piano service and technology. The technical exam requires the candidate to demonstrate professional-level skills in assembling a grand and a vertical piano action (the mechanical component of the piano) and in making all the complicated adjustments (called “regulation”) so that they function properly. Candidates must demonstrate their ability to tune by ear, unaided by electronics. The exam is scored by using extremely sensitive electronic equipment to measure the deviation of the candidate’s tuning from the standard thus established. On the tuning exam the candidate must match as closely as possible a “master tuning” created by a panel of examiners. Two separate practical, hands-on exams test tuning and technical skills. A written exam tests basic knowledge of piano design, tuning theory, repair techniques and various other topics relevant to piano technology. To attain the RPT classification, a Piano Technician Guild member must pass three examinations. Qualificationsīy far, the achievement I’m most proud of is passing the Registered Piano Technician examinations. It’s easy to book online and pick the date and time convenient to you. I belong to the Australasian Piano Tuners and Technicians Association (APTTA) as an Australasian Registered Piano Technician (ARPT).Īs you search for a competent & trusted technician to take care and advise you on your prized family heirloom or that spinet you just got for free from craigslist, having been a piano player first then becoming a technician, my goal is to listen to what you want from your piano and provide that desire to the best of the pianos ability and within your budget. I have also interned at the Steingraeber & Söhne factory in Bayreuth, Germany. I’ve had the good fortune to tune and work on many unique style British pianos, some of which have found their way to the United States. Having lived in England, I was able to interact and attend conferences of the British counterpart of the PTG, the Pianoforte Tuners’ Association (PTA). I am a member of both the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) as well as the Master Piano Technicians (MPT). Since 2006, I’ve been studying and practicing piano tuning & repair both here in Colorado Springs and in the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, England where my lovely wife Sandy and I were fortunate to live for several years. I didn’t know what regulation was but after he did that the piano sounded wonderful and I really enjoyed the touch of the keys.īeing a retired Aerospace Engineer, I began to wonder how mechanically the piano was put together, how it functioned, why one upright could produce pleasing tones with warmth and fullness and yet a full grand had less than desirable results. He recommended having the piano “regulated” and installing a Dampp-Chaser system due to the dry desert climate. Living in Central Australia at the time, there were no piano tuners in the area and had to wait for the visiting tuner. I purchased a rebuilt 5’ 3” Yamaha baby grand and what a world of difference that made in my enjoyment of both learning and playing the piano. After about a year, I was comfortably reading sheet music (easy piano, thank you) and felt the time was right to start practicing on a real piano. Jim Fariss, RPT– My interest in piano work started with the desire to play the piano as an adult and began with an electronic keyboard along with some self study books.
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