More work than I can handle

[Avery]

If I weren't so old and so close to retirement, I DEFINITELY consider it!
Even at $200.00 a tuning! :-D

Avery

At 09:34 AM 4/7/2006, you wrote:
>   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 
><mailto:chadwick61 at cox.net>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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