[pianotech] Ethics and efficacy of part-time tuning

[John Ross]

I was addressing the original question, but lost track, and it inadvertently 
got into a reply to a message of yours.
Sorry for the confusion.
I should have trimmed the message to only the pertinent parts.
Sorry.
John Ross,
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ethics and efficacy of part-time tuning


Are you actually addressing my comments???  I think you've grossly missed my
point.  The original question was whether or not doing this part time was
ok.  I merely said that all of us do it part time at some point even if it's
while we're building a business (or not) therefore it's ok.  I don't really
care if people have 15 jobs and one of them is tuning pianos.  Take a deep
breath.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of John Ross
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:06 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ethics and efficacy of part-time tuning

I can't understand your point.
Are you saying that if a person has a job, he shouldn't do piano tuning on
the side?
If so, you are completely wrong. If a person wants to do piano tuning on the

side, to make extra money for his family, then he should.
If his work is inferior, then he will not get a call back, and another tuner

will get the work.
Then again, he could be doing, for example, the Randy Potter course, and
doesn't want to let his full time job go, until he is sure that he can make
it as a tuner.
John Ross,
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ethics and efficacy of part-time tuning


Everybody does it part time until they have enough business to do it full
time.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of david at piano.plus.com
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 2:22 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Ethics and efficacy of part-time tuning

What do you think about the ethics and the efficacy of doing piano tuning
and repair as a part-time business when a person has another source of
income?

There is a view that if you are not tuning full-time you will not maintain
your skill at a high enough level.

Best regards,

David.