[pianotech] What software do you need?

[pianotech at pianoteks.com]

Hi Duaine,

Thanks for the response. That's useful input - and some of those pieces of
software cover areas that I hadn't even considered.

For client management there are obviously a bunch of generic software
programs (or online applications) that allow people to keep track of their
clients. Could you (or others) help me understand what features you as a
piano technician would be looking for specifically that a generic
application might not provide?

For example, I imagine you want to keep track of not only the clients
name, address, phone number etc, but also information about their
instrument(s)? What kind of details (about the instruments or anything
else) would you need to track?

Thanks in advance for your help - I really appreciate you taking the time
to reply.

Thanks,
Andrew
-- 
http://www.pianoteks.com - business listings for piano technicians.

> pianotech at pianoteks.com wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I hope you don't mind me joining in here. I'm not actually a piano
>> technician, but I'm interested to learn about your business, and to see
>> if
>> there's anything I can do to help you.
>>
>> I'm a software developer, and I'd love to be able to create something
>> that
>> people actually used and found valuable, which I could run as a
>> side-business.
>>
>> So here's my question:
>> If you could ask a programmer to create some software for your business
>> -
>> anything at all - what would it be?
>>
>> I saw a recent thread about client management software, which is one
>> option, but I imagine there may well be other aspects of your business
>> which would also benefit from a software application (or web-based
>> application) to make your lives easier.
>>
>> I'm not looking for consulting work - I'm just interested to get some
>> input, and then if there's a consensus that application X would be
>> really
>> useful, I'll see about creating something that would help you out.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your time.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
> I, for one, could use, on Linux,
>
> 1) piano tuning software (currently using Cybertuner)
>
> 2) Client management (currently running none, using Text files)
>
> Note: Already using Quasar Accounting on Linux (from
> http://www.linuxcanada.com)
>
> 3) Player Piano Label maker (currently running from
> http://www.pianorollstuff.com/labelmaker.htm)
>
> These would complete my conversion to Linux
>
> Thank you for offering
> Duaine Hechler
> dahechler at hechlerpianoandorgan.com
>
> --
> Duaine Hechler
> Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ
> Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
> Reed Organ Society Member
> Florissant, MO 63034
> (314) 838-5587
> dahechler at att.net
> www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
> --
> Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
>
>