This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Alan, I was in that type of area once when I was just starting out. = I got tired of trying to educate people. Of course after the piano was = tuned they loved it, but when you call back after a couple of months for = the "regularly priced follow up to the 100 cent pitch raise" tuning, = many of them would tell me "It still sounds fine".=20 So, I just figured that that particular area had no use for a piano = technician, and indeed didn't deserve one, and I left. Life's too short = to have to struggle on neglected instruments 90% of the time, plus you = don't really get to develop your skills too much beyond the "repair it, = it's broke" level.=20 Hope my experience doesn't parallel yours too closely, but it sounds = kind of familiar to me. One of my best tech friends here worked in = Kentucky. He said it was a constant string of neglected spinets, so he = got out too.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan R. Barnard=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 2:47 PM Subject: Re: Potential Customers Terry Farrell asked me, with regard to my Potential Customers post: "Are you trying to increase your servicing volume?" The answer is YES. When I ventured into this business (2 1/2 years = ago, Potter Course) I never had a hint that the vast majority of people--at = least in rural Missouri--have no idea, whatsoever, that their piano is out = of tune and/or don't care. Even churches will go for years without a tune! ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f0/e8/7d/8e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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