Working on July 3rd?

[Robert B Edwardsen]

It can take 5 to 10 years to develop a solid business (hope for five, plan on
10), hang in there and supplement your income with other work in the meantime.

Rob Edwardsen

Wallace Scherer wrote:

> From: Wally Scherer, A-1 Piano Service, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, e-mail
> <WallyTS@iName.com>
> To: James Grebe and others on the Pianotech List,
>
> James, I would have loved to have been working on the 3rd of July. About a
> year and a half ago, someone on this list encouraged me by saying that
> within two or three years my piano business will probably be so busy I'll
> have a hard time keeping up with it. I must say that I was very encouraged
> the first three weeks of June, the two year anniversary of my business.
> Unfortunately, the following week business dropped off to zero, and this
> past week I just had three jobs. Patience and persistence is the name of
> the game, I guess. After those three weeks of steady work, however, I
> really appreciated the series of articles currently appearing in the
> Journal about massage therapy.
>
> In a series of posts recently about whether one earns more money tuning or
> repairing, an excellent series by the way and which I expect to see
> reprinted in the Journal, Carl Root mentioned that the goal is to get our
> business up to "full time" as soon as possible. I agree, Carl. Whenever I
> have slack days, which is often, I find myself becoming discouraged and
> wondering if I will EVER be able to provide for my family like a good
> husband and father should. Nevertheless, in this "land of opportunity", I
> know that the business is out there, I just have to find it.
>
> Having lived outside the country for a good share of the previous 19 years,
> I can still say that I am glad to be an American. (No offense Elian Degan
> in Caracas.) Yes, there are a lot of things about our decaying society that
> embarass me, but opportunities still exist to improve financially,
> mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
>
> To all my fellow Americans, I wish you a Happy Independence Day!
>
> Wally
>