Chuck, How many topics are you going to produce? If I decided to buy the entire package of promos, how much would it be total (not price per promo)? -John Parham > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [pianotech] Promos - new information > From: Chuck Behm <behmpiano at gmail.com> > Date: Fri, November 12, 2010 8:26 am > To: pianotech at ptg.org > > > Good morning, all! > > Got a occurrence to relate to you concerning the promotional materials I've > been working on. > > Had a full day of tunings yesterday. Eight scheduled, did seven (one forgot > I was coming, so I found a park and took a much needed 1 hour snooze). > Anyway, in the middle of the afternoon I was at a nice young lady's house > (about the age of my youngest daughter) to tune an old upright that her > husband had found for her on Craigslist. > > The first thing I did was to look it over. The pins were tight enough to > tune it, and it wasn't actually too far flat, so I got by without a pitchup, > but it had other issues, that would need to be dealt with. Among other > things, almost all the bridles were rotted away, and the hammers were badly > cut. Those would be my top priority if I were to work on it. My problem at > this moment was that if I were to tune it, I had to get the show on the > road. I still had 3 other tunings before I was done for the day. > > I called the gal back in, and I had just started into my spiel, when a light > bulb went off in my head. I had just finished an article for technicians to > give to their customers about both bridle strap replacement and hammer > filing. "You know what," I told her. Why don't I go ahead and tune it now. > That'll be a good starting point. Then I'll send you some PDF's on a couple > of the most important repairs to consider." > > "Will it be something my husband will understand?" she asked. Larry (the > husband), it turns out, felt he had done his duty by buying her the piano > (for all of $50!). She wasn't at all sure he would be enthused about > spending more on it than just tuning. > > "I think he'll give it some thought, anyway," I told her. On that note, I > went ahead and tuned it. It sounded great (it's a vintage Haddorff upright - > one of my favorite brands), but with regulating would play sooo much better. > Before thinking about regulating, however, one would need to get the basic > repairs done first. I wrote up her bill and got her email address. > > Last night then, after finishing tunings on schedule, I fired up my > computer, and personalized the two articles for myself (I had been so busy > making versions for everyone else, I hadn't done ones for myself yet.) I > sent them off to her and hit the sack. I hardly got any sleep the night > before working on finishing the hammer filing article - I needed sleep in > the worse way. > > This morning I got up and found this note in my email. > > >Mr Behm, I don't know how you did but Larry says we might as well go > ahead and scedule the repairs! I got your articles last night and read > them over. I thought with all the pics Larry would be okay with at least > checking it out (he's not much into all sorts of reading), so I forwarded it > to his laptop, and told him to check them out before bed if he had a chance. > He was playing his video game but said he would. Pretty soon I was out doing > dishes and herd some noise out in the living room. Larry was in there with > all my stuff off the top of the piano. He had the lid open and was looking > down inside with a flashlight! His laptop was on the sofa, flipped open with > a page from your article on hammers on the screen. He looked up me and said > 'yup' we need this work done! I about fell over. Anyway, go ahead and call > me to set upa scedule. Larry also said to let him know if there was anything > else! I gave him a big hug - I think he was pretty proud of himself for > looking into it (literally!) Thanks so much for all the information! Sara > Thomas< > > Anyway, I'm really enthused about writing these for all of you to use. If > you would like a free personalized version of promo one on bridle straps, > just drop me a note. A previous post lists the information I need to fill > out your copy. Then if you do wish to subscribe, I will send the > subscription form and prices. If you become a subscriber, you can cancel at > any time for any reason by simply dropping me a note. No problems. > > The people who have begun a subscription up so far seem pleased with the > product they are getting. I feel of all the writing projects I have ever > done, this one has the most potential to actually help people in building > their businesses. I just need subscribers so that I can afford to take the > time to do the job right. (Writing one article takes approximately two days > of my time, with everything that has to be done to put it together.) > > Sorry for being so long-winded. Just feeling enthused right now. Chuck
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