More Money in Tuning or Servicing?

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Arnold:

For a long time I have preached that the money is in the in home service.
You don't have to wait for your money. There are others who prefer to do
shop work. Sure, I have done a lot of both. There is less pressure in the
in home service. Farm out the rest for your peace of mind.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Arnold Schmidt wrote:

> 
> On 1998-06-30 John Page said:
> (in a message called Tool Update)
> 
>    >Tunings can get to be a bore and being able to service the piano
>    >mechanically is where the money is. You can tune and then comment
>    >how the action would respond better if these certain adjustments
>    >were made.
> I am curious to know whether others on this list think there is more money
> in tuning or repair?  To be clearer, I am talking about the repair necessary
> to take the piano to your shop to do it?  Quite honestly, I would love it if
> I never had to do anything more than simple repairs and had somebody, like
> John, that didn't want to do tuning; we could trade work.  I am not very
> fast at the repairs, I do not have a shop, as such,
>  and don't really want one, I would
> rather tune, do regulations, voicing, and simple repairs.  The most I ever
> want to bring home is an action.  I use to think that if I had a shop,
> I would only want to do major repairs to pianos that I owned, then sell
> them, but I gather from comments on this list in the past that there is no
> real money in that, either, if you consider your time as money.  Comments?
> 
> Arnold Schmidt, Raleigh, NC
> Arnold1@Mindspring.com
> 
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