More work than I can handle

[Richard Gullion]

Where is Marshall when you need him????
--- pianolover 88 <pianolover88 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I would consider coming to Vegas (Ilive in Los
> Angeles County) for about a 
> week to "test" the market; that is, I would be happy
> to make the trip out 
> there if I had a week's work lined up in advance. I
> do just fine in my area, 
> and do not rely on store work, so I would really
> only be interested in 
> residential, schools/learning institutions,
> churches, etc. I'm not 
> interested in "floor" work or warranty work, as the
> pay is minimal; been 
> there, done that.
> 
> Terry Peterson
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "David Chadwick" <chadwick61 at cox.net>
> Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> To: "PTG" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Subject: More work than I can handle
> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 19:18:24 -0700
> 
> 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/
> 
> 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 I am currently 
> the chapter president and would enjoy speaking with
> anyone who is interested 
> in establishing a business in Las Vegas.
> 
> 
> 


Richard
the "Piano Guy"