I remember of Willis Snyder being of the tuxedo variety when I was a part of the Pennsylvania chapter we were both a part of. Actually, I don't remember of ever seeing him out of his black tux. I understand the concept. But I do sometimes wonder if it can be counterproductive for first impressions. Most of the most respected professionals I have become acquainted with are casual dressers. And for some, showing up in a tux may be a negative... as in "what is this guy trying to hide" or "has this guy spent his money on his clothes rather than his education?"... Just saying... Brian To: pianotech at ptg.org From: pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:56:40 -0500 Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fw: Vehicle Recommendations I made this mistake a long time ago. A nice looking car makes a huge difference! Don't go get an older Dodge Colt station wagon and put a sign on it just because it gets 40 mpg!! Didn't work too well! Didn't matter if I was The King of Piano tuning, people make early judgements. As somebody said, "You only get one chance to make a first impression." So true...so true... Why didn't anyone tell me that years ago! Dressing up professionally is also a key. A doctoral student here, who always wears a suit and tie, told me, "Don't dress for where you are, but dress for where you want to be!" Good words to live by. (of course, I still need to wear jeans and sweatshirts often in the shop, day to day, as I find the need to get dirty crawling around under pianos, etc). When I know I'm only (hopefully) tuning, or concert tuning, I dress to the max (sans tux), with my Steinway work-smock on. Paul _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100425/856c7e89/attachment.htm>
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