there's NO business like NO business

Tvak@aol.com Tvak@aol.com
Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:14:20 EDT


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Several of you have responded that if it weren't for rebuilding, store work, 
or other sources of income you don't know what you'd do...

Of course, I have other sources of income.   But I entered into this 
pianotech thing with the assumption that one day I'd be able to make a living at 
tuning pianos.   Your responses lead me to believe that this may be more difficult 
than I first thought/hoped.

I recall my first PTG meeting.   I attended the informal dinner before the 
meeting, and I asked everyone at the table, "Is there enough work out there for 
me, and for everyone?"   A resounding YES from ALL at the table was the 
response, and yet when the meeting began, the VP stood up (an outgoing jovial kind 
of guy) and called out to the membership, "How many here tuned a piano today?"  
 Half the room raised their hands.   

Half the room.

"How many tuned two pianos today?"   Less than a dozen.   

"More than two?"   Maybe 4 or 5 guys raised their hands.   Out of maybe 35 
guys.

It's times like this, when I have three tunings in three weeks, that makes me 
wonder if I've invested alot of time and money in a part-time job.

Tom Sivak
Chicago 






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