More work than I can handle

[Erwinspiano at aol.com]

Hi David
  How are you.  Sound prosperous but overworked. 
    Hey I'll come down for a couple weeks & we'll bill  300 dollars a tuning 
for the prophets from out of town value added, hot gas, add  naueum & travel 
expense etc. People luv that stuff!!
  Just kidding.  Sound like an oppurtunity for some one who  might love the 
desert.
  Dale
 
 
 
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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