About the RPT exams... Tuning Exam Registered Piano Technicians are This exam compares your tuning to a “master professionals who have committed themselves tuning” done by a team of examiners on the to the continual pursuit of excellence, both same piano you will tune. Electronic Tuning in technical service and ethical conduct. Aids are used to measure the master tuning Want to take The Piano Technicians Guild grants the and to measure your tuning for comparison. Registered Piano Technician (RPT) credential In Part 1 you aurally tune the middle two after a series of rigorous examinations that octaves, using a non-visual source for A440. the RPT test skill in piano tuning, regulation and In Part 2 you tune the remaining octaves by repair. Those capable of performing these any method you choose, including the use of tasks up to a recognized worldwide standard Electronic Tuning Aids. This exam takes about exams? receive the RPT credential. 4 hours. 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