Hello, I just received my first two Promos and the Bench plans. I'm impressed with the clarity and concise way the job is written up. Pictures are very well done and the text addresses each picture explaining things very well and the fact that the job is NOT for the DIY'r home shop. The bench plans are very elaborate. 34 pages of information and material lists to get the bench built with a minimum of frustration and running back to the supply store for more materials/hardware..etc. Very well done! Chuck, you ever thought about running the Government? Scott Gray RSG Piano Service <http://www.sunlitedreams.com/> On 11/13/2010 9:13 PM, Carlos Ralon wrote: > Chuck, > I was at sea on our beloved Liberty Ship and missed your offer. Please > add me to your list. > Carlos Ralon, RPT > P.S. Still working on that big old Knabe upright for said ship. > Maybe.... some day it will get finished. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Chuck Behm <mailto:behmpiano at gmail.com> > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> > *Sent:* Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:36 AM > *Subject:* [pianotech] New option for promo subscription - please > consider > > >List, > > I'm writing this post to encourage those who are considering > subscribing to Chuck's promo offer to do so sooner rather than later. > > Any of us who have seen Chuck's articles in the journal, on the > Schaff website, and in the piano restoration photo archives he's > made available to us know that what he's offering us is good > stuff. Other than the cost of Guild memberships (which brings the > journal to those of us who are members), none of it has cost us a > nickel. > > I'm convinced that what Chuck is offering is of real value to a > significant number of us. I, for one, think my subscription is > going to bring me extra income far in excess of what I'm paying to > subscribe. So I want this thing to succeed. It will take a > certain "critical mass" of subscribers to make it possible for > Chuck to put aside other work and take the day a week that will be > necessary to make this thing fly. > > So if you're intending to subscribe, please recognize that jumping > on board early is what will ensure that these tools will be in our > hands earning us money. Please let me encourage you to act now! > > Floyd Gadd > Manitoba Chapter > (Who is almost ready to deliver a keyset to a customer thanks in > part to Chuck's Schaff article on invisible ivory repair.)< > > Thank you very, very much, Floyd. > > On the one hand, I do indeed need to reach a certain threshold of > income for this project to be workable from a time standpoint. > With the number of subscriptions gathered so far, I'm quite a ways > from that point. > > On the other hand, I know that these are not the easiest of times > financially for a lot of people, especially those technician who I > am most interested in helping boost their income with promo > materials that I'm convinced will make sales of essential services > an easier job for the technician. > > It is with those two factors in mind that I have decided to offer > a budget option to the subscription package. If you would like to > get in on subscribing to the personalized promotional materials > I'm going to be developing, this could quite possibly be your one > chance to do so. If an adequate number of subscriptions fail to > develop, I simply may not be able to offer this service for you, > as much as I would like to do so. > > Under the budget option you will receive a personalized hi-res PDF > of every promo I develop for $9.99 (as compared to 19.99 or 29.99 > currently offered). The only catch is that after we have worked > out the personalized label for the PDF's to your satisfaction, > there will be no time-consuming customization available on my > end. You'll get each PDF as soon as it's ready to go, labeled > with your contact information, ready to give to your customer > either in hard copy form, or sent as an attachment to an email. > > Where alternate methods for particular procedures are going to be > described, I'll send out a notification in advance to all > subscribers, so that you may reply with your choice of options > (for example, using a rotary tool for filing hammers vs. using > hand sanding). Other than that, however, what you see is what you > get. > > Those who have already signed up for either of the original plans > are welcome to switch to the budget option, if desired. As Floyd > could tell you, there are advantages to being able to customize > your package. But if cost is an issue, I simply can't go any > lower. For the amount of time I will have to invest in this to > make it work, I need to realize enough income to pay my bills. > > Glancing at the clock on my computer, I see that it's 2:10 in the > morning. I spent the entire day working in the shop on a > restoration project which is overdue, taking occasional breaks to > come in and mail out the complimentary first promo to people who > have asked for it. Tomorrow I have 6 pianos to tune. > > I've got to be able to farm out enough of my current load of work > to be able to buy the time I need to do this. My wife and I have > raised 3 kids, seen them through college and married, and helped > out financially really beyond our capability (paying medical and > personal expenses for one daughter who is uninsured [and > ironically who need her colon removed a year ago]). I've got bills > to pay, and can't afford to undertake this project on an on-going > basis unless it allows me to find the time to do so. So far, I've > been staying up nights (as I'm doing tonight) and getting up early > in the mornings, to put together the initial two promotions. I'm > getting to be kind of an old guy (which is all relative I realize > - my dad tuned pianos until he was 88). Still, I need some sleep! > > So, here's your chance to jump in and get a bargain price. You can > upgrade at any point down the road if you would like to have the > option of having your PDF customized. But for now, this would get > you going with a set of materials that I believe will pay for > themselves over and over again. > > Tomorrow is Saturday. Please drop me a note this weekend or by > next week at the latest if you would like to be included. If you > wish to sign up for the 9.99 subscription price, make your > intentions clear in your email, and you'll be on my list. You'll > get the second promo (on hammer filing) immediately. Just let me > know if you want the "rotary tool" option, the "hand sanding" > option or a "combo" option, and I'll send you back the correct one. > > For your personalized label which appears at the beginning and the > end of the promo, please set that up for me in your email so that > I can cut and paste. If you have a really slow computer, let me > know and I'll send a low-res version. Otherwise the file size of > the PDF's I will be sending will range from about 3,000 to 5,000 KB. > > Those of you who have already subscribe do not need to do > anything, unless you would wish to revise your subscription to the > budget option. Just drop me a note to that effect and I'll be > happy to make the switch. Otherwise, I'll assume you prefer to > stay with the package you already have. > > For billing purposes, I may be offering PayPal in the future, but > for now, I would like to keep it on a basis that I'm familiar > with. I'll send an invoice along with each PDF. Just drop a check > in the mail. Of your 9.99 price, you may be interested to know, > 3.00 goes to your uncle and mine, 2.00 goes to my daughter (the > one with the medical problems), whom I'm hiring to do as much as > the computer work as possible that will be involved (and there's a > ton), and 4.99 goes to me to buy the time I need to be working on > the next installment. > > If you're undecided as to which plan you would like to subscribe > to and would like to consider the other options, ask for me to > email you the subscription package sheet, and I'll send that. Make > your choice and drop me a second note, and you'll be enrolled with > the plan that you chose. > > Well, I'm going to quit running on now. It's 2:30 and I have to > hit the sack. I just closed my eyes for a second and drifted off. > You've heard of sleep-walking, of course. I think I'm > 'sleep-typing' at this point. Wouldn't be the first time. > > Thanks, and good night. Hope to hear from you soon. Chuck Behm > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101114/985e3f41/attachment.htm>
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