If you think about the past, fuller Brush placed a lot of their success on having giveaway's. I work with Music Treasurers and always try to leave my customer with a gift that changes every year. Right now it is a vanilla candle in the shape of a piano that I got for $.25 each. Go figure. William ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens > Also a little more environmentally sound... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner" <justpianos at our.net.au> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 7/21/2009 4:37:15 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens > > >>paul, >>A standard soft leaded pencil with eraser is cheap, convenient, and if you >>change your details the pencil has probably worn down by the next >>appointment. >>Bruce Browning >>The Piano Tuner. > > >>> For pencils, I use mechanicals exclusively. I buy a .5mm-lead size, then >>> purchase little boxes of replacement leads which last quite a while, as >>> long >>> as I don't drop the pencil on a hard floor very often. .7mm is another >>> popular size, but I like the finer point of the .5mm. I would imagine >>> that >>> the bulk promotional pencils are quite likely one of the two. >>> >>> When I refill the pencil, I only ever put in two leads so that if I drop >>> the >>> pencil it minimizes the lead loss from breakage. >>> >>> Paul Bruesch >>> Stillwater, MN >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dave >>>> I would prefer to give mechanical pencils, myself, for the same reason. >>>> People don't mark their music with pens, but with pencils. The >>>> problem >>>> I've encountered is that the mechanical pencils you buy in bulk from >>>> these >>>> promo companies have only two short pieces of lead in them. They >>>> wouldn't >>>> be useful for very long. >>>> >>>> Have you noticed this problem? If not, where did you get your pencils >>>> from? >>>> >>>> Tom Sivak >>>> >>>
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