William, You're correct, of course. It's just that in my experience, most changes have to do with price! Unfortunately! Avery At 04:27 PM 11/1/2006, you wrote: >Avery, > >It may be more than money. I had a church choose me to do their >pianos. The last music person left and the new one wanted a >change. I did their pianos for a couple of years and, yes another >music director came in. It wasn't that he disliked me, it was just >that he grew up with this other tuner taking care of his pianos. Go >figure, there could be a thousand reasons. The thing that is the >hardest for me is to be thick skinned about it all. > >William > > > > >PIANO BOUTIQUE >William Benjamin >Piano Tuner Extraordinaire ><http://www.pianoboutique.biz>www.pianoboutique.biz >The tuner alone, >preserves the tone. > > >---------- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] >On Behalf Of Kallie Swanepoel >Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 4:04 PM >To: 'Pianotech List' >Subject: RE: piano tuning- fickle church accounts > >Hi Avery and all > >This was the best opinion on this subject to my knowledge so far. > >It seems to be all about cost. This is unfortunately the best way >too loose existing clients, churches or not. > >However, I'll never use the "cut throat" strategy myself, but for >some reason some of the piano technicians in our city believe that >they might get much more work if they can do the work as cheap as >possible. Although I'm not the cheapest in town, I still have enough >work to feed my family. > >Kallie Swanepoel > >Piano Tuner/Klavierstemmer > >Skype Name: >KallieSwanepoel >Phone: +27 (0) 12 379 3762 >Mobile: +27 (0) 83 261 6942 >Voice Link: +27 (0) 88 129 8775 >Fax: +27 (0) 86 633 2999 ><http://www.kallieswanepoel.co.za/>http://www.kallieswanepoel.co.za >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] >On Behalf Of Avery >Sent: 01 November 2006 21:58 >To: Pianotech List >Subject: RE: piano tuning- fickle church accounts >Dean, etc. > >In my experience, it's usually because someone contacted them who's >cheaper than you are. It normally doesn't have much to do with the >quality of your work! :-( Thankfully, the few churches I do work for >are faithful to me! Not to the price! > >Avery > >At 07:20 AM 11/1/2006, you wrote: > >I just lost a long time church account, no reason given. It is >pretty frustrating as I have supplied concert pianos to them at no >cost in years past for special events. The last time I was out their >dampchaser was unplugged. I plugged it in, reminded them how >important it was to keep it plugged in and came back in two weeks. >It was unplugged again. I helped them get set up with an extension >cord to plug it in further away. Now I'm out $170+ for two missed >appointments. Next time I call the secretary tells me the board has >decided to use someone else. Sigh. Twice I've nearly stopped by the >church to press them for a reason, but I've decided to take the high road. > >Whenever the pianist changes, music director or pastor, we are in >danger of losing the account. Loyalty isn't real high. That's why it >is important to send regular reminders to the office to let them >know you are out there. > >Dean > > >---------- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [ mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] >On Behalf Of Leslie Bartlett >Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:24 PM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: FW: piano tuning > >Years ago, a newbie, I tuned for this large church. About three >years in they replaced me without telling me. That has been a >few. So I wrote their organist and asked him if he could recall why >they replaced me. The reply left me somewhat amused. Thought I >would share it FWIW. >les bartlett > > >---------- >From: Scott / FoundryChurch] >Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:58 AM >To: l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net >Cc: Joleen >Subject: piano tuning >Hi Les, > >To be honest, I cannot remember much about why we changed tuners. We >have actually had several tuners over the years. > >I wish the best of luck to you in your continued endeavors. > >SCOTT > > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.20/508 - Release Date: 10/31/2006 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061101/3c1432eb/attachment.html
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