At 12:45 PM 3/10/2006, you wrote: >On Mar 10, 2006, at 1:19 PM, rptbob1 at aol.com wrote: > > > Educating the public in general will continue to be a major > > difficult task. > >But it's not hopeless! With most, it is. All they want is a cheap price for themselves, telling you that in return for that, they will refer all their students to you! Yeah, right. Sorry, I'm just a little bit bitter about teachers giving you business. There are exceptions, but they are few and far between!! Avery Todd >If memory serves me well, the PTG has a slim >publication which outlines how to put together a presentation for >your local piano teachers' association. It's an opportunity to >educate them as to proper piano maintenance, what a grand action >looks like, how to remove the fallboard to extract pencils, etc. >Distribute various PTG pamphlets, perhaps some Dampp-Chaser >literature, a listing of your chapter's RPT members if you're >altruistic, or your own business card if you're just "looking out >for #1." >Sure, you haven't reached the teachers who don't take part in their >professional organization, but it's a great start! >Patrick Draine >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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