[CAUT] pin drop

[Marcel Carey]

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Well I'm 57 and feeling it. After a maybe too many weeks without a day off=
=2C I'm thinking I want to slow down. But=2C there is a demand in my area. =
So=2C I've decided to farm out some of my work to a young Western Universit=
y of Ontario. I've agreed to give him 3 days of work a week to encourage hi=
m to move into my area. Since he is not experienced yet=2C I'll supervise h=
im and coach him all I can. I figure this is a good thing for my customers.=
 They will get good service and will have met their future piano technician=
.
So=2C for a few years=2C I'll make a little profit on his services while he=
 can build up a customer base. My plan is to let him do the work at the uni=
versities and colleges I work for in about 3 years. Then I will just contin=
ue to work doing private work. Since my kids are adults and on their own=2C=
 I don't need as much money as I need time to enjoy myself and just live. I=
t'll be good to be working just to make a living instead of living just for=
 work.
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For those of you who can=2C please give a chance to the young. Even if they=
 graduated from the schools=2C they still need our experience to get better=
 and they need to work and work to get better at this profession. I remembe=
r it took me a lot of tunings under my belt until I felt that confidence wi=
thin myself.
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Lend a hand to the youngs.
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Marcel Carey=2C RPT
Sherbrooke=2C QC
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> From: fssturm at unm.edu
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Date: Thu=2C 29 Oct 2009 12:37:37 -0600
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] pin drop
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> On Oct 29=2C 2009=2C at 11:15 AM=2C Susan Kline wrote:
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>> Maybe it is just a local phenomenon=2C that all the tuners around
>> here seem to be the same age. We don't have any very old people here
>> either.
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> That's true here in NM as well. A bunch of us set up shop in the late=20
> 70's/early 80's and are now in our 50s and 60s. Most of those who have=20
> joined us in the past two decades are about the same age - mostly of=20
> the 2nd career variety. I suspect when more and more of us retire or=20
> semi-retire=2C there will be enough demand for services that more=20
> youngsters will move in.
> Regards=2C
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
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