[pianotech] Are we fading?

[Ed Foote]

Greetings,
   In this months Journal, Clarence Zeches mentions that the average age of "our technicians", (I take that to mean Guild membership), is in the 50's or later.  Judging by the gray hair and wrinkles at the conventions, (mine too!) I will not dispute that.  This was in response to the question of "Where are the techs going to be coming from in 20 or 30 years"? 
   My personal observation is that the average age of tuners is much lower, but that includes the non-Guild tuners, many of whom have an ETD, hammer, mute and maybe a screwdriver but no more. It is easy money, and many of the bread and butter tunings are being done, (poorly), by part-timers. 
    Is the Guild slowly representing fewer and fewer of the people that are actually doing the tuning out there? 
Ed Foote RPT
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