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Author: S.Koumas
Date: 2000-11-01 18:52
Hiya, im in my last year at college in London. The next step for me is Uni or to work, but i would rather go Uni.
I am only grade 4 on the Clarinet and to do Music here you need to be grade 8 and have grade 4 at least on Piano, so basically i cant do that.
I saw an interesting course though which i can do and i wanted to get peoples advice/opinions?
Basically the course title is:
Musical Instrument Technology: You get to choose a group e.g. strings and woodwind and then you learn how to make and design and repair as well as histort and restoration!
Does anyone think that sounds good?
Any suggestions welcome, Thanxs!!!
S.Koumas
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Author: Pam
Date: 2000-11-01 19:11
Sounds interesting to me! Go for it. Just my 2 cents worth.
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Author: William
Date: 2000-11-01 20:28
Good instrument repairpeople are always in demand--kind of like a good auto mechanic.. Good profession--get with a good music store and the extra bennies are also usually good--health insurance, retirement planning, vacation and leisure time, working conditions, etc. Manufacturers of instruments always need lots of "techs" to assemble and fine-tune their products. Like Pam says, "Go for it!!!"
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 2000-11-01 21:11
How fun! That's what I want to do for a living. At least give it a shot, it will be, at the least a valuable experience.
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Author: S.Koumas
Date: 2000-11-01 21:32
Cool, thanxs for the responses so far!
I was just wondering if there is anyone on this site who is already in the business! Coz if i do get stuck i would like to be able tp come here to get help!
Also, i have never even changed a pand on my clarinet yet so it is gonna be a totally new experience to me!
Thanxs!
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Author: J. Butler
Date: 2000-11-01 23:22
I thought you were in the first year of college? If you are seriously interested in the repair field you should talk to some repair techs to see what it is really like. The money is okay, but unless you've got a great clientele base you can expect to make about the same as a beginning teacher for the first few years. I know of one shop manager that makes about 80K but he is an exception. The benefits are getting better. When I first started we were considered contract labor and had to pay our own health and any retirement was striclty up to what we could put into savings. It is a great field and I really enjoy what I do. Just want to let you know there are "ups" and "downs" to any profession. There are some repair tech schools around. There is Western Iowa and Redwing in Redwing, MN. They recently change the schools' name and I don't remember what it is called now...used to be Redwing Tech. Send off for some brouchres and check it out. If you are wanting to do repair work see if you can work (apprentice) at a music store in the summers. At least you could see if it is really what you want to do. (I'll tell you it gets pretty nasty in the buffing room!)
John
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