Dean Reyburn, RPT Dean passed his PTG RPT exams in 1978 and has 45+ years tuning experience. He has served on the PTG Examinations and Test Standards Committee since 1996 and acts as Advisor and CTE skill reviewer. Dean has 12 years experience as concert tuner for the Grand Rapids Symphony and DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was the technician for the local Steinway and Yamaha dealers for many years and tuned for numerous concert and popular music artists. Dean attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago where he studied piano technology with Virgil Smith, RPT and Robert Carbaugh (and met his wife Marty). Dean is a self-taught Software Engineer and lead engineer on the CyberTuner project. Dean also manages Reyburn Pianoworks which builds retrofit piano keyboards and actions. He enjoys tennis, biking and hiking in his spare time.