Hi : I have been reading this thread with great interest.........I am almost convinced in Joining the guild. I have been working on pianos since I was 14 years old. (I am now 35) it has been a major hobby every since. I don't really think the word "hobby" is all that bad. lots of people start a vocation from a hobby. I did the same thing myself, I also had a CB Radio servicing hobby, that I still do for a living, it served me well, and paid off our home last year<big sigh of relief> No more house payments, and I am in debt to no one. But the old CB radios are fast becoming obsolete, largely being replaced with cellular phones which are for the most part a throw away item. I feel it is time to shift gears and choose something else and piano servicing seems the most reasonable thing to do. it is one thing to completely take apart a piano, player or otherwise, and rebuild it in your spare time, and another thing to service pianos for a living. which leads me to my next question, Does the guild in addition to repair methods. offer information regarding how to develop what you have learned into a business? you can't exactly proclaim " I tune pianos" and expect the world to beat a path to your door. another thing........no matter how nice a job you do rebuilding, if you are a 'unknown" how do you become 'known"?? Any change in vocation can be a bit scary, and you have to eat. Just wondering Andy
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