Rob, I've had many customers over the years when they found out I used to vacation in Florida would ask if I'd like to tune their piano down in Naples. I always refused. After all, I was down on vacation but the thought had always kind of appealed to me. I know of one technician or two that does travel around the country. All they do however, is prep pianos for concert work. He loves it. He travels first class when he comes to Grand Rapids, the client pays for it. He works very long days and he is very good at what he does. He seems to enjoy life a lot. Jer From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Brian Trout Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 4:46 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Traveling tuner I can't help you with who it is, but it is an interesting concept. I can picture a traveling tuner heading for parts northward towards spring and working their way southward towards fall. They may only have a few months out of the year when they tune, maybe for schools or places that have lots of pianos and a short time for breaks when there's not many people around. Time in the south, maybe between Thanksgiving and Christmas might be easy to fill no matter where as there are always "programs" going on. If the person was "regular", as in "in town" every year, same time, I suppose it could work. If there were issues in between, they'd have to call a local person to deal with it. It's a little odd, but I can see how it might be a desirable setup for someone who's a fulltime rver and a retired piano tech earning enough with a few months worth of work to be retired the whole rest of the year. Hmmm... Brian > From: rob at mccallpiano.com > Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:36:07 -0700 > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Traveling tuner > > Greetings list, > > Today I stopped by one of the local music instruction businesses to introduce myself and drop off some cards, make some contacts, etc. > > The owner told me that they already have a tuner that comes by once or twice a year (I can't remember which he said...), but on a regular schedule. > > The interesting part is that the tuner is from Texas! Realize that I live in Southern California. They told me this tuner travels around and is booked up to a year in advance, traveling all over the country to tune. > > Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? Or maybe it's one of us on the list? Talk about a mileage charge... :-) I'd be curious how this tuner runs a successful business with a perceived high level of overhead (food, gas, lodging, etc.). Or maybe he operates out of a motorhome? Nonetheless, it seemed like an intriguing concept if not somewhat impractical, for me at least. > > The good news is that they put all my information in their system for referrals to their clients. :-) > > Regards, > > Rob McCall > > McCall Piano Service, LLC > www.mccallpiano.com > Murrieta, CA > 951-698-1875 > > > _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 10/12/2010 Tested on: 10/12/2010 6:26:01 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 AVAST Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101012/cbc746a6/attachment.htm>
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