This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I've had my best year yet. My income is up some from last year; I keep = getting calls from new customers; the area piano teachers make = referrals; and my regular customers are pleased with the service. On = the down side, my 30 year old single daughter had cancer surgery to = remove two malignant tumors in her abdomen and will undergo chemotherapy = from January through May of 2005. In spite of it all we can see God's = hand leading and guiding. When life hands you a lemon, squeeze it real = tight, sweeten it up a bit, and enjoy the lemonade!! I thank God every = day for His goodness to us. =20 Joy!' Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 145 Fine Arts Building University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731-881-1852 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tvak@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Year End In a message dated 12/22/04 2:11:47 PM, Alpha88x@aol.com writes: I am curious about how all you folks made out this year with your = business. Better or worse than the year before. This is my fifth year in business and until this year, each year = topped the last one, as would be expected when you start from nothing. = Unfortunately, this year is worse than last year, equalling my totals of = my third year in business. Even more alarming is the fact that I have taken over another tuner's = business in addition to my own clients. And these two clienteles = (granted his was not a huge client list) still only add up to about 75% = of what I made last year. =20 I've weathered the loss of income for this year and look forward to = what next year will bring, but my fear is that I've topped out here, and = the totals for the last three years represent the upper limit of what my = business will bring in. If this is the case, I've got a nice part time = job here. =20 Tom Sivak Chicago PTG Associate ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6c/63/59/e1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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