Working while tuning

[pianolover 88]

"How long have you been doing this" is the MOST common question I'm asked by 
first-time clients--as soon as I walk in their home! This is simply because 
I look quite young for my age. Although on Jan. 15th I will turn the big 50, 
I am typically thought to be in my late 20's. After I tell them my age, they 
usually are shocked, but I do tell them that even at almost 50, I am still 
more than SIX years younger than the Average tuner/tech age of 56.

Terry Peterson



----Original Message Follows----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net>
Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Subject: RE: Working while tuning
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:34:56 -0800

On a related subject, I did have someone recently who wanted me to
"audition" for a tuning.  They wanted to come and watch me tune another
piano to see whether or not I was doing it to their satisfaction.

David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Nichols
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:05 PM
To: tcole@cruzio.com; Pianotech
Subject: Re: Working while tuning

The "day job" one is the one I hear more often than not. Even when the
booking was several weeks out, which makes me wonder what they're thinkin'.
Sometimes, when they ask me if it's full time, I tell them I used to work
full time but I've backed off. If they act at all skeptical, I mention that
I'm second generation. Then, if they really push it, I mention the plant
down south. Basically, though, whenever there's a question that I perceive
as a need for "credibility comfort", I respond in a way that uses something
like "lots and lots of practice". You never know when the customer is one
of those that doesn't want a resume', just a little reassurance. Around
here, just showing up on time makes you a hero.....

Later,
Guy

"Maņana" doesn't mean tomorrow......it just means "Not today".
       ......anon



At 07:15 PM 1/4/2006 -0800, you wrote:
 >You can get asked the question no matter how long you've been in the
 >business. Whether you've done something klutzy with the case parts, or you
 >look like you're in your nineties, it can mean different things. Sometimes
 >I think they're asking if you can actually make a living tuning pianos and
 >they might *expect* that you also have a day job.
 >
 >Confidence is important, as Dean said, so if you get asked about it
 >specifically, you can give an honest answer and make it sound like you're
 >a veteran.
 >
 >Tom Cole
 >
 >Ron Nossaman wrote:
 >
 >>
 >>>It is all about confidence. I was regularly asked the question of how
 >>>long I had been tuning when I first started out. Now it hardly every
 >>>gets asked.
 >>>Dean
 >>
 >>
 >>I still get asked once in awhile. "Long enough to know better" is the
 >>usual reply.
 >>Ron N
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