---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Tom, My confidence gets shaken when I rub elbows with othes techs who can tune faster and know all the ins and outs about repairs. However, when people find out that I'm sight challanged, they assume that I have keen hearing for tuning. I do, but what they don't know and I don't tell them is that I have to train to hone in on the right things. In fact a lady asked me about that today when I mentioned that I'm sight impaired since I don't drive. So in one sense, that gives me an edge. I use people's perseption to boost my confidence and hone my skills as a tuner. It's real hard to tune in a thrift store with a cashier who keeps complaining like I can' t hear her, and asking customers if they want to take me h ome with them. Imagine the dates I would have gotten if this occured in my single days. Don't worry. I wouldn't trade being married at 40 to an awesome wife and having an awesome 5 month old son for nothing, not even a new tuning lever. ;) Marshall -------------- Original message -------------- From: Thomas Cole <tcole@cruzio.com> > You can get asked the question no matter how long you've been in the > business. Whether you've done something klutzy with the case parts, or > you look like you're in your nineties, it can mean different things. > Sometimes I think they're asking if you can actually make a living > tuning pianos and they might *expect* that you also have a day job. > > Confidence is important, as Dean said, so if you get asked about it > specifically, you can give an honest answer and make it sound like > you're a veteran. > > Tom Cole > > Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > > >> It is all about confidence. I was regularly asked the question of how > >> long I had been tuning when I first started out. Now it hardly every > >> gets asked. > >> Dean > > > > > > I still get asked once in awhile. "Long enough to know better" is the > > usual reply. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/03/df/e5/80/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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