Limits?

[Susan Kline]

At 09:12 AM 02/13/2000 -0600, Don Rose wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I found this on another list. Comments?
>
> >I wonder how many technicians out there are on borrowed time - beyond
> >their 15,000 piano limit.  At 600 per year, your career will be over in
> >25 years. . . . and that's less than three per day.  I wonder about
> >variables like technique, time on each piano, scheduling breaks,
> >strength training and stretching, etc. that could double that figure
> >(750 for 40 years).
>
> >Food for thought.
>
> >Carl Root, RPT

How about one or two a day (on average), with some days having 3 or 4,
and other days 1 or none, mixed with some shop work and concert prep,
with, yes, some exercise, weights, and stretching, taking plenty of
time on each piano, talking a lot with customers, gradually easing off
after age 65 or so, and tuning happily till you drop?

Susan Kline