Hello, all Some twelve years ago - when I first moved to California and was building up a new business - I got a warranty job from Baldwin, to take care of a bunch of backchucking (pulley) keys on a new SF-10. Took me forever to get paid - Baldwin was then in the process of running itself into bankruptcy, and their processes weren't the most efficient. But I got to keep that client - who is a piano teacher. Since then he has brought me at least $1500 per year in added business - and often a lot more. He himself is good for 4-5 tunings per year (and he now has a Steinway D - lots of regulating, hammer filing and voicing work), plus his students. He referred me to two schools. One is a concert venue - so I get 3-4 calls per month for concerts and master classes (somebody cheaper does their junk pianos, which is fine with me). The other is a small university music department - that was good for 15 tunings in September, and will probably yield a few more over the school year. So yes, it took me a few months to get my money from Baldwin. But hey - I don't care... Sometimes it's a hassle to deal with big corporations. The mail clerk misdirects your invoice. One of the people who processes it quits - and between her and the new trainee the thing gets mislaid. There are incompetent employees - it takes time to weed them out or transfer them where they do less harm (ask me about what the Kawai parts department was like in the late 1980s - sheesh!!!). If you don't need the business - great, avoid working for manufacturers or specific manufacturers. But then please don't whine about not having enough business. Because the hassle may just be worth it. And that ain't no fiction... Israel Stein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091027/e49ffc31/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "James Grebe" <jamesgrebe at charter.net> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Web Site Usefullness Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:21:21 -0500 Size: 3835 URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091027/e49ffc31/attachment-0003.eml> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: wimblees at aol.com Subject: Re: [pianotech] Don't work for this manufacturer Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:25:37 -0400 Size: 13462 URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091027/e49ffc31/attachment-0004.eml> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: wimblees at aol.com Subject: Re: [pianotech] Thanks to all technicians Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:41:05 -0400 Size: 13969 URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091027/e49ffc31/attachment-0005.eml>
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