Music Trades Request for Information

[Richard Moody]

Joe,
    It would have been simpler and easier for everyone concerned
to ask for a clarification rather than post baseless accusations,
let alone confront a publisher without all the facts.   Mr.
Majeski might
be interested to see this response to his reply as presented on
 this list.
    Because for those who don't read Music Trades Magazine it may
appear it is Mr. M who  "needs to get his facts straight".  I am
guessing MT does not as policy publish piano tuning fees the same
way they publish sales data,  having seen only this one since I
began reading in 1976.   So in that view Mr. Majeski is correct.
However that does not mean such information cannot appear as it
did in the April 2002 issue in the Industry Forefront section,
page
48 in an "article" titled "QRS to Develop Self-Tuning Piano
System"

    "The retail price of the self-tuner has not been determined.
Presently the average manual tuning service fee in the United
States is about $75 and is usually necessary at least twice a
year"

    I don't know what you forwarded or wrote to Music Trades, but
if my name was included, of course I would like to get cleared up
any
misunderstanding or curiosity the publisher may have about how his
very excellent magazine was quoted here.

Richard Moody

----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:40 PM
Subject: Fw: Music Trades Request for Information


> List,
> The current thread prompted me to go to the supposed source. As
you can see,
> they flattly deny having published such information.
> So, who ever posted that, is truly misinformed and should get
his facts
> straight, before saying such a thing.
> If it were some other magazine, I'd definately like to know
which one it
> was.
> Anyone have any thoughts? (Silly me, of course you do!!!!!)
> Best Regards
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <PJMajeski@aol.com>
> To: <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Music Trades Request for Information
>
>
> > You are chasing the wrong magazine. We never published such a
figures.
> >
> > Sincerely
> > Paul Majeski
> > Publisher
> > Music Trades
> >

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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: Open Forum for Piano Technicians <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 9:00 PM
Subject: Grand Island Tuner


> I will pass through Grand Island hopefully in Oct.   Click on
>
>                 remoody@midstatesd.net
>
> if you want to make an appointment to have your piano tuned. No
> mileage since I am passing through, just the national average
rate
> as published in Music Trades Magazine.  ($75)
>
> Richard "---ric"  Moody
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:24 AM
Subject: national average


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Andersen <bigda@gte.net>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Grand Island Tuner
>
>
> > >The national average for a tuning is $75?
> >
> > Man oh man.  This really, truly pisses me off, to see such an
> incredibly
> > low figure published as the national average.
>
> Write that to Music Trades Magazine.  You subscribe?  If not
then
> subscribe and save yourself from being pissed off about the
state
> of affairs in the Music Industry.
>