[pianotech] promo pens

[Piano Boutique]

If you think about the past, fuller Brush placed a lot of their success on 
having giveaway's.   I work with Music Treasurers and always try to leave my 
customer with a gift that changes every year.   Right now it is a vanilla 
candle in the shape of a piano that I got for $.25 each.   Go figure.

William



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens


> Also a little more environmentally sound...
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner" <justpianos at our.net.au>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 7/21/2009 4:37:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens
>
>
>>paul,
>>A standard soft leaded pencil with eraser is cheap, convenient, and if you
>>change your details the pencil has probably worn down by the next
>>appointment.
>>Bruce Browning
>>The Piano Tuner.
>
>
>>> For pencils, I use mechanicals exclusively. I buy a .5mm-lead size, then
>>> purchase little boxes of replacement leads which last quite a while, as
>>> long
>>> as I don't drop the pencil on a hard floor very often.  .7mm is another
>>> popular size, but I like the finer point of the .5mm.  I would imagine
>>> that
>>> the bulk promotional pencils are quite likely one of the two.
>>>
>>> When I refill the pencil, I only ever put in two leads so that if I drop
>>> the
>>> pencil it minimizes the lead loss from breakage.
>>>
>>> Paul Bruesch
>>> Stillwater, MN
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>> I would prefer to give mechanical pencils, myself, for the same reason.
>>>>  People don't mark their music with pens, but with pencils.  The 
>>>> problem
>>>> I've encountered is that the mechanical pencils you buy in bulk from
>>>> these
>>>> promo companies have only two short pieces of lead in them.  They
>>>> wouldn't
>>>> be useful for very long.
>>>>
>>>> Have you noticed this problem?  If not, where did you get your pencils
>>>> from?
>>>>
>>>> Tom Sivak
>>>>
>>>