[pianotech] repeat business

Ryan Sowers tunerryan at gmail.com
Mon Aug 23 19:13:06 MDT 2010


I really question this. When I first got started, I gave clients a discount
if they scheduled in six months. But after a couple of years I ditched this
idea because I found that the pianos I saw in six months almost invariable
required a lot more tuning than the ones I saw in a year. I was making less
money for more work!

So I doubt that tuning the piano twice a year makes it more stable.  At
least in my climate.

Ryan

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:54 PM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote:

> And, your piano won't self destruct if you skip a tuning or two.  Less
> stable, sure, but damage?  Car analogies only go so far.............
>
> William R. Monroe
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Tom Rhea, Jr. <rheapiano at cox.net> wrote:
>
>>  Well said, Todd, but unfortunately our most people don’t use their piano
>> to go to the grocery store, take the kids to school, go to work or
>> vacation.  It just sort of sits there and doesn’t appear to do anything
>> constructive until we sit down at the keyboard.  Until a piano starts to
>> have – in the mind of the client – the same utility as the family car,
>> periodic maintenance will always take a back seat.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Rhea, Jr.  Piano Technician
>>
>> Rhea Piano Service
>>
>> (757) 373-0284
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Matthew Todd
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 23, 2010 5:14 PM
>> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] repeat business
>>
>>
>>
>> Susan,
>>
>>
>>
>> I was just trying to remember the last time I took my car in for an oil
>> change and the mechanic said it looked fine and not to bother at this
>> time......
>>
>> *TODD PIANO WORKS*
>> Matthew Todd, Piano Technician
>> (979) 248-9578
>>
>> http://www.toddpianoworks.com
>>
>>
>>
>>


-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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