This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Any sage advice for the women technicians? Skirts and working under (between the 3 legs of) a grand piano don't mix = for modesty's sake. Those floppy bow-ties of the corporate mid-80s are (thankfully) out. Dressing "like a man" still doesn't cut it in the more conservative = circles (although that is changing), yet is still generally preferable = to a man dressing "like a woman." What's a woman to do? She has to look professional and feminine, yet = not afraid of the tools in her toolbox or what she might encounter upon = opening up a piano. + + + About 13 years ago, I did a little impromptu "research" on this very = subject. I called a number of the clothing catalogue companies and = asked whoever answered the phone to imagine that they had made an = appointment with a woman piano technician to come and work on their = pianos. What did they envision her as wearing when she came to the = door? The responses varied tremendously. Some thought it was a crank call and = hung up immediately. Some ran and got their supervisors, who in turn = relished the challenge. Some gave it the ol' college try ... and = wondered what inspired such a scenerio in the first place. The = suggested clothing articles ranged from the jeans-&-t-shirt routines to = simple shifts to chinos-&-blouse and all the way to full corporate drag = (skirted business suit) complete with the floppy bow-tie. Unfortunately = my sample size was not large enough to do a meaningful statistical = analysis, to determine the most common assumption of how a woman = technician would dress. We're back at Square One on this. What do you all think? Thanks for your responses. Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:39 PM Subject: Re: Appearance >><< Clean, neat clothing which indicates that you are a professional and = serious=20 about your work may, in fact, allow you to get a better fee without = too much=20 complaint from your customers but in my opinion, dressing too formally = and=20 uncomfortably won't.=20 Bill Bremmer RPT=20 Madison, Wisconsin=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/65/66/75/bd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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