Working while tuning

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I find that a quick answer and sense of humor are a good asset, but they can 
get me in trouble o n an e-mail list as you guys already have seen.  Someone 
asked me if I do tuning as a business.  I said yes, and that was the end of 
it.  someone also asked me how far do I travel to tune.  I said wherever my 
wife will drive me, good ice breaker.
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: Working while tuning


>I heard that many times...it is fun, though, to have some other answers 
>ready to go such as.   I'm also a mortician or I drive cement trucks on 
>Saturday...although they'd probably just go "I thought so"...;-]
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, California
>
>
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Received: 1/5/2006 10:39:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Working while tuning
>
>
>>The other question, that comes up periodically, is, "is this all you do
>>for a living"
>>They are surprised, when I reply, "yes"
>
>>John M. Ross
>>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
>>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:49 PM
>>Subject: RE: Working while tuning
>
>
>>> "How long have you been doing this" is the MOST common question I'm
>>> asked by first-time clients--as soon as I walk in their home! This is
>>> simply because I look quite young for my age. Although on Jan. 15th I
>>> will turn the big 50, I am typically thought to be in my late 20's.
>>> After I tell them my age, they usually are shocked, but I do tell them
>>> that even at almost 50, I am still more than SIX years younger than
>>> the Average tuner/tech age of 56.
>>>
>>> Terry Peterson
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----Original Message Follows----
>>> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net>
>>> Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>>> To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>>> Subject: RE: Working while tuning
>>> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:34:56 -0800
>>>
>>> On a related subject, I did have someone recently who wanted me to
>>> "audition" for a tuning.  They wanted to come and watch me tune
>>> another
>>> piano to see whether or not I was doing it to their satisfaction.
>>>
>>> David Love
>>> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Nichols
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:05 PM
>>> To: tcole@cruzio.com; Pianotech
>>> Subject: Re: Working while tuning
>>>
>>> The "day job" one is the one I hear more often than not. Even when the
>>> booking was several weeks out, which makes me wonder what they're
>>> thinkin'.
>>> Sometimes, when they ask me if it's full time, I tell them I used to
>>> work
>>> full time but I've backed off. If they act at all skeptical, I mention
>>> that
>>> I'm second generation. Then, if they really push it, I mention the
>>> plant
>>> down south. Basically, though, whenever there's a question that I
>>> perceive
>>> as a need for "credibility comfort", I respond in a way that uses
>>> something
>>> like "lots and lots of practice". You never know when the customer is
>>> one
>>> of those that doesn't want a resume', just a little reassurance.
>>> Around
>>> here, just showing up on time makes you a hero.....
>>>
>>> Later,
>>> Guy
>>>
>>> "Mañana" doesn't mean tomorrow......it just means "Not today".
>>>       ......anon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At 07:15 PM 1/4/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>>> >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
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