electronics replacing pianos?

[Bob Hull]

   I agree with the idea of working to be a technician
in demand by the "high end".   However,  the "High
End" varies a lot depending on where you live and
work.  It's not available everywhere or at least not
in abundance.  Compare maybe Marin County, CA to parts
of southeast Oklahoma. (I've lived in both places.) 
The income level is just not there to make an
abundance of expensive pianos available to service. 
But, you can work in such a way as to be in demand by
the finest musicians in your area, whether that just
means the local piano teacher or whatever.
   At the same time, I don't want to be "too good" to
tune the piano in the home of a child who is just
beginning to play sonatinas now, but someday will
perhaps someday be a professional musician.  To me,
that child is a part of the "high end".  Our challenge
is to raise the skill level of the pianist through our
excellence, otherwise there will not be a "high end". 
This is a true test of whether we have really raised
our own skill level.  

Bob Hull   


--- David Andersen <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
wrote:

> 
> On Jan 10, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Mark Bolsius wrote:
> > Our challenge is to raise our skill levels to
> accommodate the  
> > higher end of the piano market – or select our
> specialist area and  
> > work in that. Or to have a diverse enough range of
> products/ 
> > services to earn a living from – but that’s
> another thread!
> >
> > Ooops there goes my dime

> >
> > Cheers
> 
> Great post, Mark....thanks, brother. This comes
> right back around to  
> my absolute belief that the singular beauty and
> thrill of the  
> acoustic piano well-prepared will never die.
> "Our challenge is to raise our skill levels to
> accommodate the higher  
> end of the piano market..."
> 
> Truer words were never spoken.  To everybody reading
> this list: to  
> survive first, then thrive for life, go to the high
> end. It takes a  
> lot of work, risk, change, and flexibility, but it's
> where you need  
> to go to stay in the heart of this business.
> 
> David Andersen




 
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