Kevin, That's one of the several reasons I accepted this university job I have now! At least now I can pick what calls I want to service! Otherwise, I refer them to a friend who's trying to make a living being self-employed. Sometimes, I think about all those pianos I "could" service and make money on but then I remember all those Grand spinets and other comparable pianos! I love my job! Avery At 06:23 PM 08/31/02 -0700, you wrote: > Alan, I was in that type of area once when I was just starting out. I > got tired of trying to educate people. Of course after the piano was > tuned they loved it, but when you call back after a couple of months for > the "regularly priced follow up to the 100 cent pitch raise" tuning, many > of them would tell me "It still sounds fine". > So, I just figured that that particular area had no use for a piano > technician, and indeed didn't deserve one, and I left. Life's too short > to have to struggle on neglected instruments 90% of the time, plus you > don't really get to develop your skills too much beyond the "repair it, > it's broke" level. > Hope my experience doesn't parallel yours too closely, but it sounds > kind of familiar to me. One of my best tech friends here worked in > Kentucky. He said it was a constant string of neglected spinets, so he > got out too. > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com>Alan R. Barnard >>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org >>Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 2:47 PM >>Subject: Re: Potential Customers >> >>Terry Farrell asked me, with regard to my Potential Customers post: >> >>"Are you trying to increase your servicing volume?" >> >>The answer is YES. When I ventured into this business (2 1/2 years ago, >>Potter Course) I never had a hint that the vast majority of people--at least >>in rural Missouri--have no idea, whatsoever, that their piano is out of tune >>and/or don't care. Even churches will go for years without a tune!
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