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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Congratulations!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>I can help you out
RIGHT NOW with your first customer!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just finished installing a PianoDisc into a
Petrof. From here it is being crated and shipped to Hawaii where it will
live. The owner was in my shop just a couple weeks ago looking it over
before crating. I imagine it will leave here by the end of the
month. It will probably take 3-4 weeks to get there after which it will
need to acclimate for a month or so before it is ready to tune. Guess who
his new technician can be! Your arrival time should be
perfect.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have heard many stories of how much work there is
for a good motivated technician. Apparently there are a number of
"tOonUrZ" but not a lot of technicians. I was talking about this with Don
Mannino a while back. He was telling about a visit he made to a
dealer. He called a technical meeting and said he couldn't believe how
little those guys knew about pianos. One actually asked him
how do you remove an upright action. I've heard similar stories
from other sources. A number of years ago I was offered a
position at a dealer there but I turned it down. It would have been cool
to be Don Hoe's technician but I thought it better to pursue other
opportunities. I'm sure there will be plenty of work waiting for
you. Just remember to charge appropriately, it's expensive
there!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>E-me when you get there and settled and I'll get
you the contact info for your first customer. He's got some pretty
righteous bucks too, not bad. He was asking me about who he should
call. Now I can tell him!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tonight, it was more
or less made official that I would start on August 1st. But here is the best
part, and some of you guys are going to kill me. It's on the <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">island</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Oahu</st1:PlaceName> in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State>. No, not for the university, but as
an independent piano technician. There is a severe shortage of experienced,
good piano technicians on <st1:place w:st="on">Oahu</st1:place>, so I
will be kept very busy. I realize the cost of living is twice as expensive as
what I am making here in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Alabama</st1:place></st1:State>, but I will be making almost three
times what I was making here.
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