[pianotech] Ipad 2 for Piano Technician Business?

[David Renaud]

I use an iPad.

Navfree Canada is a free GPS, works great.

Invoice to go, a $5 app, creates custom bills, numbers them, adds up my sales taxes, 
And produces reports. I email the bill to the client as I'm tuning the piano......they usually 
Have received it and have the check ready by the time I'm done tuning.

Line2 buys me a local phone number for $96 for the year. The application is voice over 
Internet, and cost nothing beyond purchasing the phone number for $96. Includes voice mail.
This gives me unlimited calling anywhere in north America for $8 per month.

Dropbox has the PDFs of all my fake books, and much other music.
As a musician it's very cool to have fifteen thousand lead sheets in your pocket.

The calendar is synced with all other computers I own through cyberspace, it's all 
With me, current in real time. I can load any estimate, bill, and search the last 5 years
Email and anytime from anywhere.

 Tunelab works just fine on it. It's a nice size to look at.

It's replaced my business Internet, I get  5gig of g3 network for $35 a month, and my
Cell phone for an additional $8 per month......Saving lots of money.

It's a pretty good high definition video camera as well.
Taken video of some piano problems, and consulted with someone on
Site via skype........I could actually show them the problem.

 In a recent guild meeting we took a line out to a multimedia projector, and conferenced
With a teacher 1200 miles away in real time, the teacher could see the class through 
The iPad, and we could see the teacher over the projector. Sound run out to a sound system.
2 way question and answer in real time while he demonstrated tuning techniques,

Very cool device, enjoying it very much.

It's been a game changer for me.
It's the first time everything is literally in one place.......cell phone, email, Internet, files, music, 
Gps, billing, accounting, camera, video, tuning device.


                                           Cheers
                                           Dave Renaud


                  
                                           

Sent from my iPad

On 2011-12-18, at 1:13 PM, Joseph Rosenberg <rosenbergpiano at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am looking into getting an ipad 2 if I can really use it for my piano business.
> 
> I tune aurally and use a Sanderson IV at times, so the use would be more for customer lists, marketing, piano sales, technical references when working on pianos on site, etc.
> 
> Does anyone now use an ipad, and if so, can you share your thoughts about it?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Joe Rosenberg
> Long Island, NY