Cynicism..

[Phil Bondi]

...the recent thread involving cynicism is understood here..i've been playing
the piano for over 30 years now and doing it professionally for 22
years..I,too, have seen the cynics in that end of the business..in plain
English, I don't feel it's necessary..to me it promotes a bad attitude.

...and as far as cynicism towards dealers and manufacturers in the Tuning and
Repair end of the biz, i guess i'll just have to find out for myself..i
recently became the tuner/tech for 2 dealers here in town..one is
Yamaha/Knabe, and the other is Baldwin/Wurlitzer/Chickering...both dealers
know i'm green to the tech-end of the biz, but they liked my positive
attitude towards learning more about it and my continuing education in the
field.

...The Baldwin dealer has a reputation for abusing techs and not being
totally up-front with them..my plan of attack there is to let them know
up-front where _I_ stand as far as price, my availability, etc...In my
not-so-humble-opinion, if the homework is done up-front, the results should
tend to be a good working relationship..i'm the newguy, so i'll have to find
out for myself...Outside of Larry Crabb, this list will be the first to know
of any problems i encounter..and hopefully, the experience here will help
guide me through.