the class entitled BUILDING A $100K A YEAR PIANO SERVICE BUSINESS

[Tom J Armstrong]

> Attending the class entitled BUILDING A $100K A YEAR PIANO SERVICE
BUSINESS, 
 >taught by David Barr

I attended this class and agree that the title is a tease.  He did say
that he tunes 4 or 5 pianos a day- 6 days a week, which makes me tired
just thinking of it.  I can do that occasionally, but after a few days I
wilt.  

On the other hand, he addressed areas that are seldom talked about: what
motivates us to do what we do, and the benefits of being a piano
technician.  If you are a new technician just trying to earn 30K, I
suppose you just were looking for a roadmap on how to advertise, etc. 
There were other classes that do that.  You need to be patient, improve
your skills and reputation, and be motivated to develop your new business
wisely.  You also need to be willing to work HARD to make a lot of money.

David struck a chord, I believe, with those of us who have been working
for decades and sometimes face burnout.  There are days when I haven't
looked forward to getting out of bed in the morning to go to work.  Who
cares what kind of business building aids you have if you don't even
enjoy what you are doing!

This class caused me to ponder some important motivational needs in my
own life, and I am sure I wasn't the only one to benefit.  The class
wasn't perfect (neither were the others)- but I still give it a thumbs
up.  It certainly wasn't the weakest presentation I saw.

Tom Armstrong


On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:31:37 EDT Tvak@AOL.COM writes:
> Attending the class entitled BUILDING A $100K A YEAR PIANO SERVICE 
> BUSINESS, 
> taught by David Barr, I learned that there are basically two ways 
> you can 
> make $100K in a year. 
>     #1. You can tune 4 pianos a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks out of 
> the year, 
> and if you charge $100 per tuning, you'll make $100K.  
>     #2. You can tune 5 pianos a day, 6 days a week, and charge 
> $65/tuning.  
> 
> The rest of the class was just as informative.  It was a feel-good 
> fest that 
> was a waste of my time.  Perhaps if it was title differently---the 
> words 
> "BUILDING"  and the specific dollar amount "$100K"  led me to 
> believe it was 
> to be an informative "how to" kind of class with some specifics.  As 
> someone 
> who would be thrilled if his business grew to $30K, this gave me no 
> real 
> information.
> 
> On the other hand, there were many excellent classes.  Anyone who 
> has never 
> attended, let me encourage you to come to Chicago next year.  You 
> won't 
> regret it.   I won't bore you all with the details, but I learned 
> alot and 
> bought too much equipment. (PTG Journal CDs, Cybertuner update, a 
> new tool 
> case, to name some of the big ticket items.)
> 
> I also got to meet Newton and many other listees, and had a chance 
> to thank 
> them for the wealth of information I have gleaned from this list.  I 
> don't 
> post much, but I do read every day and it has been very informative. 
>  
> 
> Thanks again to all of you.
> 
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago
>