Klarinet Archive - Posting 001011.txt from 2000/08

From: Lars Kirmser <syrinx@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Repair guild/association?
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:36:22 -0400

At 11:27 AM 8/27/00 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:
>A correspondent of mine was wondering if there were repair associations or
>guilds for woodwind instrument repair - something akin to what piano tuners
>and repairpeople have put together.
>
>Mark C.

Hello Mark et al,
There is no professional guild or association which governs - oversees the
performance standards of the professional musical instrument technician.
(NAPBIRT is little more than a very expensive mutual admiration society,
where their annual dues ($90 ?) subsidize their annual convention). I have
made a proposal for just such an association. It is listed on my web site at:
http://www.musictrader.com/certif.html
I would be very interested in opinions of this proposal.
Best Regards, Lars Kirmser, Technician & Editor/Publisher of THE WOODWIND
QUARTERLY

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