ratio?

[Larry J. Messerly]

I have a 1997 statement from Terry Lewis, a vice president of Yamaha that
estimates that there were at least 17 million used pianos in the US.  If
the population is aproximately 220 million that is 7.7% of the
population.
Larry Messerly RPT
Prescott/Phoenix

On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:02:26 EDT LTpianoman@AOL.COM writes:
> Terry,
> The number of pianos (averaged out) is about 9% of the given 
> population. You 
> can extrapolate from there for any given area, be it local or on a 
> larger 
> scale, if you know how many tuners are in that same area. Of course, 
> I'm sure 
> there are more pianos per capita in certain areas than others, but 
> this 9% is 
> just an average. 
> (Or...maybe I read it wrong! Corrective posts welcomed)
> 
> Anyone know how many tuners in the US?
> 
> Larry Trischetta, Pocono NE Chapter,
> Scranton, PA