Hi All, About 1989 I read a trade article which compared home computer owners to piano owners in North America. At that time the ownership of each was equal! But it was 10% of HOMES! Perhaps this is one of the reasons Kimball went under. If you assume 2.5 persons per home you get a much smaller number that 19% of population. Be aware, too, of ethnic differences--In my city we have a large and growing native population--I have only one native client! At 07:11 PM 10/3/96 -0400, you wrote: >Steven: > >Some time ago I think Kimball camve up with a formula that might be of use. > >They said to take the population of a geographical area and multiply it by >19%. That is about how many pianos there should be in that area. It doesn't >mean that 19% of the population has a piano, but that is about how many >pianos there should be between schools, churches, hotels, etc, and the >general public, > >Assuming that an average piano tuner can maintain a file of about 2000 >pianos, you can figure out how many tuners there should be in a particular >geographical area. > >Willem Blees RPT >St. Louis > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" drose@dlcwest.com 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620
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