Who needs piano technicians?

[Paul]

David
I think an article appeared in the Music Trades Magazine several years ago
with an estimate of the piano market ( I may be wrong about where I read
this article). The jist of the article was looking for potential retail
markets. It concluded, among other  things, there are about 1 piano per 10
households for any given city (or that potential). Obviously, there are
circumstances that will affect this amount.

With an estimated number of tuner/techs in any area, the ratio of tuners to
pianos came out to about 1:2000.  I've never met a tuner that can do 2000
tunings a year-only met a few who do 1000. My point: any metro area will
need your services. Practice! Get good. Get started with a dealer until you
get established. Do some favors. Treat your clientele the way you want to be
treated. Give it a couple of years. You'll have all the work you can handle
and then some
Good luck
----- Original Message -----
From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Who needs piano technicians?


>
> As far as piano density goes, I sure wondered that myself, but never
figured
> out how to get that info. I don't believe it exists. However, I believe
the
> more "culture & education" a given population has, the more pianos there
> will be, i.e. a large metropolitan area will have more active pianos per
> household than a rural area, or one that has an agricultural base or some
> other base that might be viewed as non-cultured (hey - I'm from a farm
town,
> so I can say that!). A place that has a symphony, lots of art museums,
good
> professional business base, good universities (with music programs!) etc.
is
> what I mean by "culture & education".
Growing area + Transient Population + Culture
>
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Weiss" <djweiss57@hotmail.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:59 AM
> Subject: Who needs piano technicians?
>
>
> >
> > Hello.  I just joined the list and was hoping I could get some advice.
> >
> > I am currently in the piano technology program at the University of
> Western
> > Ontario.  The program is ten months of tuning, repairing, regulating and
> > rebuilding.  At the completion of the program I want to move somewhere
on
> > the East Coast of the US in order to be closer to my aging parents.
> >
> > I am searching for a good place to locate a piano technician business.
> I've
> > been using the internet to find the population and number of technicians
> in
> > a given area.  But I need one more statistic--is there any way to figure
> out
> > the "piano density" of an area?
> >
> > Furthermore, is this the best way to go about this search?  How have
other
> > people conducted such a search?  Has the journal done any articles on
this
> > subject?
> >
> > I would greatly appreciate advice or thoughts anyone has on the subject.
> I
> > should mention that I am 43 years old, married, with two children.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > David Weiss
> > London, Ontario
> > djweiss57@hotmail.com
> >
> >
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