A first appearance is the most important one and may indeed earn you a huge chunk in your career. friendly greetings from Antares, Amsterdam, Holland "where music is, no harm can be" > From: Eliot Lee <eliotlee1@home.com> > Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:22:09 -0700 > To: <Pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Appearance > > Hello, > > I was just told by a senior tuner here (Jim Coleman Sr.) that if I > change my appearance by wearing a shirt and tie, instead of wearing casual > dress, jeans and polo shirt, that I could increase my annual salary by > $30,000. He said there was a Yamaha study 20 years ago about this. > > Have any of you noticed an increase in business by upgrading your > grooming? > > The problem is that here in Phoenix it is so hot, many homes are not > properly cooled, I shutter to think how much I would suffer with the top > button fastened wearing a tie, and to wear a suit coat over that would > really be unbearable. > > Do any of you take off your tie and open your shirt after making the > first impression? > > We small potatoes want to know. > > Eliot Lee > >
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