Dick, Way to go, keep 'em rollin' ! As for myself, I'll never stop til I drop. I may slow down considerably, but my heart is in it; that will never change. Jon Page At 10:15 AM 3/14/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi again all.... >I really didn't mean to start anything by telling you I am 82 yrs old. I >spent 44 years working for an airline as radio operator, then station >manager at several locations. Got interesten in pianos thru a friend, then >in Weather Bureau, in 1993, went to Little Red School House in 95 and really >loved it. Been tuning part time since 1994. Retired from airline in Dec. >81. Joined PTG in about 83....good move!! Still enjoying it....have six >pianos lined up for this week. >-----Original Message----- >From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com> >To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> >Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 6:32 AM >Subject: Re: Can we ever retire? > > >>Hi Wally, >> >>> "Old piano tuners don't die - they just go beatless!" >> >>from Dick Beaton, and don't know >>> if I should react positively or negatively. >>> >>> "I'm 82 yrs old now and don't usually do more than one tuning a day." >>> >>> On the positive side, I'm glad that piano tuning is an occupation that a >>> person with reasonably good health and hearing can continue well past the >>> normal "retirement years". >>> >>> On the negative side, I'm not sure if this is a clue that piano >technicians >>> geneally are not able to take a "normal retirement". >>> >>> The 1997 PTG survey shows that 17.8% of members responding were over 65 >>> years of age. Of them, quite a few still put in 20, 30, and even 40 hours >>> per week at piano related activities. >>> >>> Maybe the question should be, "Would we ever WANT to retire?" Is this an >>> occupation that only gets more and more enjoyable the older we get, or is >>> it simply one in which the majority of us can never earn enough money to >>> afford a comfortable retirement? >>> >>> One question that we might want to ask on a future survey: >>> "What percent of your total household annual income is from your present >>> piano related activities?" >>> >>> Wally Scherer, Piano Technician, Norfolk, Virginia, USA >>> Associate member of the PTG, Hampton Roads, Va. chapter >>> mailto:WallyTS@iName.com >>> Web page: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2411 >>> "Old piano tuners don't die - they just go beatless!" >>> >>> >> >
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