statistics

[Tom Myler]

I can give you one hard, insignificant, and out of date statistic.  About
ten years ago, one in ten Sierra Club members owned a piano.



Myler, Tom

"Perhaps the greatest wisdom is
       the knowledge of one's ignorance"
                                                   John Steinbeck

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> From: Paul Kupelian <kupelian@oswego.edu>
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: statistics
> Date: Monday, December 09, 1996 9:16 AM
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone out there know how many households in the US own pianos, and
> how many piano tuner/technicians there are to service them.
>
> I have a feeling that the ratio of technicians to pianos is quite low.
>
> I'm doing a class session for our music 101 class on careers in music, so

> this information might be helpful to me.
>
> Also, any other statistical tidbits regarding our profession would be
useful.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Kupelian, RPT
> kupelian@oswego.edu