I've enjoyed reading all the various viewpoints today! I know my perspective is from the other end of the experience spectrum. I'm about as new as they get. I'm just starting out. My plan is to keep my "day job" and work as feverishly as I can to build up a large clientele, as well as (I hope!) a great reputation. Although a certain level of experience is requisite to do a good job, I truly believe that years and years of experience are not always an accurate gauge of efficacy. I believe that a strong innate desire to be the best that I can be will help me learn the things I need to learn. I am a highly curious person, by nature, I love to tinker and build things, I enjoy "shop" work, I take pride and responsibility in my work, and I enjoy meeting and helping others. That's part of the reason I'm here on pianotech! I may not understand all of it (yet!), but I will. My choice of starting out part-time is driven by pure economics. I've got 3 other hungry mouths in the house that depend on me! Once I get to a certain level, I will transition to full-time, but I have a feeling it might take 2-3 years, at a minimum. I'm prepared to put in the time, market my business, bite off the things I know I can chew right now, seek help as I need it, and learn, learn, learn! Before you think I'm just starting out in life, I'm 47. I know there are some of you that will say I am just starting out! However, I've also been playing piano for over 40 years, I'm a songwriter, as well as my "other" day job. Every place I've ever lived started out with the question, "Where will the piano fit?" My wife will vouch for that! Music and pianos have always been and always will be the critical elements of my life. I believe that will lead to my efficacy as a tuner/technician and eventual RPT, regardless of whether I make it to "full-time". I'm sorry this is kind of long... I promise to be more concise in future posts! Regards, Rob McCall Murrieta, CA On Mar 30, 2009, at 18:53 , John Ross wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf > Of david at piano.plus.com > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 2:22 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Ethics and efficacy of part-time tuning > > What do you think about the ethics and the efficacy of doing piano > tuning > and repair as a part-time business when a person has another source of > income? > > There is a view that if you are not tuning full-time you will not > maintain > your skill at a high enough level. > > Best regards, > > David.
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