Appearance

[Z! Reinhardt]

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
Any sage advice for the women technicians?

Skirts and working under (between the 3 legs of) a grand piano don't mix =
for modesty's sake.

Those floppy bow-ties of the corporate mid-80s are (thankfully) out.

Dressing "like a man" still doesn't cut it in the more conservative =
circles (although that is changing), yet is still generally preferable =
to a man dressing "like a woman."

What's a woman to do?  She has to look professional and feminine, yet =
not afraid of the tools in her toolbox or what she might encounter upon =
opening up a piano.

+ + +

About 13 years ago, I did a little impromptu "research" on this very =
subject.  I called a number of the clothing catalogue companies and =
asked whoever answered the phone to imagine that they had made an =
appointment with a woman piano technician to come and work on their =
pianos.  What did they envision her as wearing when she came to the =
door?

The responses varied tremendously.  Some thought it was a crank call and =
hung up immediately.  Some ran and got their supervisors, who in turn =
relished the challenge.  Some gave it the ol' college try ... and =
wondered what inspired such a scenerio in the first place.  The =
suggested clothing articles ranged from the jeans-&-t-shirt routines to =
simple shifts to chinos-&-blouse and all the way to full corporate drag =
(skirted business suit) complete with the floppy bow-tie.  Unfortunately =
my sample size was not large enough to do a meaningful statistical =
analysis, to determine the most common assumption of how a woman =
technician would dress.

We're back at Square One on this.  What do you all think?

Thanks for your responses.

Z! Reinhardt  RPT
Ann Arbor  MI
diskladame@provide.net

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:39 PM
  Subject: Re: Appearance


  >><<

  Clean, neat clothing which indicates that you are a professional and =
serious=20
  about your work may, in fact, allow you to get a better fee without =
too much=20
  complaint from your customers but in my opinion, dressing too formally =
and=20
  uncomfortably won't.=20

  Bill Bremmer RPT=20
  Madison, Wisconsin=20

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/65/66/75/bd/attachment.htm

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--