no tunings, no drivel

[D.Martens]

Dirk wrote:
>>*: necessary for the piano AND for us!!<<
For us ? yes offcourse..
For the piano? I think not...  ( not over(t)here in Holland )

Perhaps american folks are less stupid than dutch people when it comes to
having the piano tuned or not. (and poorer too perhaps, in general)

What I'm saying is that in Holland a lot of people (50%  from my experience)
are paying to have their piano tuned at times when it's not really
neccesary.



Duncan






-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Lindeboom <triopts@xs4all.nl>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 7:58 AM
Subject: no tunings, no drivel


>Hi all!
>Thought I might throw a "new" argument into the discussion.
>I have the feeling most of you are WAITING for clients to call you for a
>tuning, and occasionally calling some yourselves.
>In Holland tuning CONTRACTS are very common: we persuade our clients of the
>necessity* to tune a piano at least two or three times a year, and then
have
>them pay in advance for a year. If I don't call them in time for the next
>tuning, they'll call me, because they want the job done for that money!
>I know it's a culture shock for everyone, but I wonder why it wouldn't work
>in the States?!
>Greetings,
>Dirk Lindeboom.
>
>*: necessary for the piano AND for us!!
>
>