no tunings

[Paul]

Bob
This has been my experience, too. Usually when it slows down, I brace myself
because all h____ is about to break loose!

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Wilson <pianotechnicianuk@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: no tunings


> I've found over 30 years there is no rhyme or reason
> in the quiet times, what was my best month one year
> might be the worst the next year, there isn't always a
> plausable explanation.
>
> Don't worry! It will all come right in the end.
>
> Bob.
>
>
> --- Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:
> > In a message dated 5/8/01 7:50:03 PM !!!First
> > Boot!!!,
> > pianotechnicianuk@yahoo.com writes:
> >
> >
> > > Going back to the original question - could it be
> > > possible that tunings were down because some of
> > the
> > > customers were not happy at having the piano tuned
> > at
> > > breakneck speed with one eye on the clock and the
> > > hectic schedule and found another tuner who spent
> > more
> > > time taking care of their pianos?
> > >
> > > Bob.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > This might imply I am not spending enough to time to
> > do a good job. I have
> > had comments like "Are you done already?", and "Boy,
> > that didn't take long."
> > This might make it sound like I am going too fast,
> > and that a customer wants
> > to have someone who spend more time in the house. On
> > the other hand, I have
> > had comments like, "I'm glad that didn't take long,
> > now I can get on with
> > what I have to do." So it si not always the time it
> > takes me to tune a piano.
> >
> > But why would there be any difference between now,
> > and last month when I was
> > tuning 25 - 30 pianos a week, and between this year
> > and last year, and for
> > the past 24 years. There have always been slow
> > times. I just wondered if I
> > was the only one, or if there are others. By the
> > responses I have seen, it
> > seems to be a nation wide trend.
> >
> > Willem
> >
>
>
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