<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Susan writes: <BR>
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>listing them on the website.<BR>
Perhaps demographics are starting to kick in? Too big a percentage of<BR>
techs I know seem to be about 60, like I am.<BR>
Where are the young people?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><BR>
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Greetings, <BR>
It may be the demographics, but I wonder if there isn't something else going on. Could it be that the majority of those interested in piano work have found that with the purchase of an ETD, they can go out an begin making money almost instantly? I have seen several localities in which the experienced tech has had their tuning business drastically cut by novices with machines. <BR>
The loss of the "bread and butter" business has perhaps lessened the percentage of piano techs that can do all the maintenance required of pianos. This is a dangerous direction, if so. Without the advanced skills, (as in , everything beyond tuning and band-aid patch jobs), the piano public is going to suffer. <BR>
Regards,<BR>
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Ed Foote RPT<BR>
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