More work than I can handle

[Patti Kolbjornsen]

David,
 
Hello.  I read your post and have a question.  Do you or do you know
anyone that does service calls in the area for digital/electronic
pianos?  As you know the organ/electronic technician is in short supply
and I would love to know of anyone in the area.
 
Regards,
 
Patti
Patricia "Patti"  Kolbjornsen
Technical Service Division
Manager
Kawai America Corp.
2055 University Drive
Rancho Dominguez, California 90220
pkolbjornsen at kawaius.com <blocked::mailto:pkolbjornsen at kawaius.com> 
(310)631-1771 ext. 367
 

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From: David Chadwick [mailto:chadwick61 at cox.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 7:18 PM
To: PTG
Subject: More work than I can handle


Greetings, 

If anyone is interested or has thought about relocating to a new area
please read further. 

A brief history: I moved to Las Vegas in 1992 from Southern Maine. My
reason for picking this area is because it offered a boating industry
that I could fall back on in case the piano biz didn't work out. Houston
would've been my first choice (did a market survey, thanks Randy) but I
saw more entry potential in Southern Nevada. I began with a yellow pages
ad and after two years of courting piano dealers I was able to have a
good relationship with a reputable business as an independent
technician. 

Since I have been in Las Vegas the population has grown from 500,000 and
is now close to 2 million. According to city static's 7000 family's a
month move in and 3000 move out. The construction industry has exploded
and projections are the same for the next 20 years. Yes, the
hotel/casino industry does supply a lot of jobs for the economy,
however, all aspects of the service industry flourish. 

Our local PTG Chapter has 13 members (7 RPT's, 6 Assoc.). Most of us are
working full time as self employed business owners with some dealer work
and major residential accounts. Two members have rebuilding capabilities
but one of them will be retiring soon and some of the other RPT's are no
longer in business. One member handles most of the "strip" accounts had
has done so for almost 30 years. This area is also expanding with the
construction of new luxury hotels. 

My cries are this, This city is growing at an alarming rate at the need
for good tuning and technical skill is in demand. I average 40 to 50
calls on my answering machine a week. Unfortunately I cannot keep up
with the requests and I have been referring some work to other tech's in
town but they are also busy. I have been fortunate enough to have built
a good reputation for myself and have tuning, regulating and voicing
work to keep me busy without any large commercial accounts. PianoDisc
and Yamaha Disklavier player piano's are very popular and I have
expanded my service to include electro/mechanical service and
installation. This takes the lions share of shop space and time but I am
able to do some rebuilding between dealer projects. I cannot keep up
with the demand of the piano dealer to keep floor models tuned and
prepped as well as provide after sales service calls and concert rental
service. There is one technician that has partnered with a store owner
and has expanded his retail store and is now offering Sauter, Petrof and
some other economy brands. Another business will soon be opening a
Bosendorfer dealership soon. There are three existing reputable dealers
in town with brisk sales business throughout the year. 

Las Vegas is a great place to live as well as a vacation destination.
The arts are not as outstanding as other cities yet but the University
has a wonderful theater with Ballet productions, L.V. Philharmonic as
well as guest performers. http://www.lasvegasphilharmonic.com/
<http://www.lasvegasphilharmonic.com/> 

Also, there is a performing arts theatre in the planning stages to be
built at the south end of the Strip. 

If anyone would like so more information about moving to the area please
contact me privately, David Chadwick RPT chadwick61 at cox.net
<mailto:chadwick61 at cox.net>  I am currently the chapter president and
would enjoy speaking with anyone who is interested in establishing a
business in Las Vegas. 

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