Working on July 3rd?

[Jon Page]

Wally,
Buy a piano and fix it up on the non-tuning days then sell it.
Repeat as necessary.
I started out tuning primarily at first. Then worked a few
reconditionings in. Now it is the other way around and I refer
most tuning calls to tuners in the area who refer repairs to me.

Fill that downtime with shop work, even if you turn the dining
room into a temp shop (my wife was understanding).


Jon Page



At 06:58 AM 7/4/98 -0400, you wrote:
>From: Wally Scherer, A-1 Piano Service, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, e-mail
><WallyTS@iName.com>
>To: James Grebe and others on the Pianotech List,
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>James, I would have loved to have been working on the 3rd of July. About a
>year and a half ago, someone on this list encouraged me by saying that
>within two or three years my piano business will probably be so busy I'll
>have a hard time keeping up with it. I must say that I was very encouraged
>the first three weeks of June, the two year anniversary of my business.
>Unfortunately, the following week business dropped off to zero, and this
>past week I just had three jobs. Patience and persistence is the name of
>the game, I guess. After those three weeks of steady work, however, I
>really appreciated the series of articles currently appearing in the
>Journal about massage therapy. 
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>In a series of posts recently about whether one earns more money tuning or
>repairing, an excellent series by the way and which I expect to see
>reprinted in the Journal, Carl Root mentioned that the goal is to get our
>business up to "full time" as soon as possible. I agree, Carl. Whenever I
>have slack days, which is often, I find myself becoming discouraged and
>wondering if I will EVER be able to provide for my family like a good
>husband and father should. Nevertheless, in this "land of opportunity", I
>know that the business is out there, I just have to find it.
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>Having lived outside the country for a good share of the previous 19 years,
>I can still say that I am glad to be an American. (No offense Elian Degan
>in Caracas.) Yes, there are a lot of things about our decaying society that
>embarass me, but opportunities still exist to improve financially,
>mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
>
>To all my fellow Americans, I wish you a Happy Independence Day!
>
>Wally
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