Well, that sort of IS my point! I am an independent technician who does the Disklavier work in this area. It seems like I see several DKs every week, so my skills stay polished. BTW, most of the work is Dealer Prep and initial in-home service - NOT repairs! :) And no matter how old or what model, Yamaha can supply parts. When people spend the thousands of dollars to buy these systems, they expect them to work properly for many years! If you were to contact PianoDisc for parts for a PD32 system, they would just laugh and tell you to have your customer upgrade their system! Since Pianomation systems have not changed as much, I am assuming that parts are easier to get, no matter how old the system. I have no intention of learning to do PD installs, since I would have to do this for a dealer, and they always want a discounted price on a tech's labor. No thank you! And I certainly would not want to sell a system that the manufacturer considered "ancient technology" after 5 years! Since I doubt if I will ever see enough of these systems to keep up to speed, there is just not enough money in it. I prefer to refer the work to someone more experienced. My concern is that the most experienced people I know, who actually did MANY installations when they worked for the dealer, no longer are willing to service the PianoDisc systems.Why? From the calls I get, when that dealer does send a technician, they are unable to fix the problem. Why? Maybe this is just an East Coast vs.West Coast thing! It doesn't help the reputations of any of us to have customers sitting out there with piano-playing systems that won't play and cannot be properly serviced. So help me out and recommend someone! Carol Beigel Greenbelt, Maryland >From: Robert Goodale <rrg@nevada.edu> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Pianodisc vs QRS pianomation >Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 11:53:37 -0700 > > > > Would you believe, that here in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area, I >don't > > know who to recommend to service a PD system. All the techs who used to >do > > installations have stopped and no longer service systems that move in >from > > other parts of the country. If anyone is lurking, please let me who to > > recommend to the MANY folks who need service on their PianoDisc systems. > >My friend you are looking at this completely backwards, this sounds like a >huge >money making opportunity! Go get the certification, (which is free), and >start making money!!! ($$$$ chaching! $$$$). If you can get a dealer >contract, (which it sounds like it wouldn't be too difficult), you could be >raking in the big bucks! I enhance my annual income VERY handsomely doing >PDS >work! Run like the wind before someone else does! These systems are not >very >difficult once you understand them and I'm sure PDS would be delighted to >have >a new tech in your area! > >Rob Goodale, RPT >Las Vegas, NV > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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