It's very difficult to find any 'actual' numbers that are relevant. Heck, it's hard to estimate even how many "technicians" there really are in an area, and how much business they actually get. In my own research, and in my area, it seems to be about 35,000-40,000 per technician, but that is certainly a "soft" number. John ---- Floyd Gadd <fg at floydgadd.com> wrote: > Where can I find industry data to answer the question of how much of a > population base it takes to support a piano technician? > > I was talking with a locksmith friend the other evening, and he recounted > that as he was setting up his business a number of years ago, research led > him to understand that in his industry, a population of about 15,000 per > technician was necessary to make business viable. His experience in a > center with a population of 12,000 that grew to just over just 15,000 > convinced him that the data was useful. > > I'm sure that whatever figure emerges, there are variables, such as the > scope of the tasks a technician is prepared to undertake, but I would be > interested in knowing what data is out there. > > Floyd Gadd > Manitoba Chapter > >
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