At 16:08 12/02/1999 -0800, you wrote: >Greetings! > >I am in the middle of the Potter piano course. When I am finished, my >desire is to relocate somewhere else. Do you think it is wise to plan >that right after the Potter course, or do you think I will have a much, >much better chance of success if I wait till I have some experience? > >How would I go about relocating to a different state and town? IMHO, Now would be the ideal time to locate, _before_ you get a lot of experience. I say this because as you are getting experience, you are also acquiring a customer base. At what point would you feel experienced enough to abandon your customers for greener pastures? 1 year? 5 years? Will you know? Inertia is a law. Where do you want to go? What factors are important to you besides a lot of untuned pianos? Weather? Culture? Sports? If you don't have any preferences, use the olde dartboard/map approach. Before you move, however, do ALL your homework researching the target area. Housing/transportation costs. taxes, etc. All this presupposes that you have some way of supporting yourself until your customer base reaches critical mass. If you are not independently wealthy [how many pianotechs are, and if you are, why are you doing this as a hobby?], you will need a "day job". Search the web for local newpaper want ads in the target area. DO YOUR HOMEWORK! WELCOME and GOOD LUCK!! Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College -(319)-387-1204 Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 "There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." - J. S. Bach
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