Appearance

[Farrell]

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Oh Z!, Oh dear Z!, I have been waiting several years now to pass on the =
following wisdom:

"A female should wear a skirt and blouse, or slacks. Do not try ot out =
dress the teachers, and some dress pretty casual. But you want to look =
like a professional, not like a janitor. ......They always wear skirt =
suits. And they carry coveralls in their car. When they need to do =
pedals, or repairs that involve crawling around, they excuse themselves =
to the rest toom to put on their cover-alls. When they are done with =
this portion of the work they redress in their skirt."

.........Direct from the Randy Potter School of Piano Technology =
coursework. There you have it Z! Any other questions?

Seriously though, my jaw dropped to the floor when I read that. Let me =
be clear - I think the Randy Potter School of Piano Technology =
correspondence course is a goldmine of piano technology instruction - =
BUT, you have to weed through a bit of "stuff & fluff" to get to the =
meat - of which there is plenty.

:-)   Just could not pass up the opportunity.

I live in Florida. Nine months of the year I wear dress shorts and a =
polo shirt. The other three I wear nice long pants and a polo shirt. At =
least here, I should think the same would be appropriate for a woman.

Terry Farrell
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  From: Z! Reinhardt=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 12:22 PM
  Subject: Re: Appearance


  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

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


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    Clean, neat clothing which indicates that you are a professional and =
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    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

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