Your Own Words (was: further on Kimball La Petite)

[Z! Reinhardt]

Hi Pianoman James Grebe!

Do you put out a newsletter or did you simply write up a fistful of
brochures to be distributed as you saw fit?

I have found that humor goes a long way, especially if you can capitalize
on something the customer is very fond of.  I might scribble a note about
how helpful the dog was at keeping my feet warm, or how a cat helped by
periodically giving me back rubs ... or just that the piano is ready to
have a good party of its own.

Z! Reinhardt RPT
Ann Arbor  MI
diskladame@provide.net
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> From: pianoman <pianoman@inlink.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: further on Kimball La Petite
> Date: Friday, June 26, 1998 8:25 PM
> 
> Back with more info.  This lady I used to tune for in the later 80's when
> she moved to Connecticut until now.  She remembered my name all this time
> because I gave her one of my brochures that I write, publish, and give
> away.  The one she saved was one I did on the history of Kimball.  It was
> not a particularly complimentary text but an honest one in my opinion. 
So
> all this time she remembered me because I gave her a piece of me in my
> writing.  You can buy brochures from PTG or anyone else but believe me,
if
> you don't write them yourself you haven't given them anything.  People
like
> a little personal touches in stuff you give them to read.  The glossy,
> perfect, many color brochures is only so much fluff.  I think they would
> rather have stuff you, yourself wrote and printed, even if it has some
> mistakes, than anything you could buy to give them that says the same
> thing.  Even if you have to buy something and rewrite it with your own
> words is fair game as long as you, personally write it.  Trust me, it
> works.
> James Grebe
> R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
> Piano Service and Piano Periperals
> pianoman@inlink.com            May I listen as well as I hear.