If I weren't so old and so close to retirement, I DEFINITELY consider it! Even at $200.00 a tuning! :-D Avery At 09:34 AM 4/7/2006, you wrote: > Hi David > How are you. Sound prosperous but overworked. > Hey I'll come down for a couple weeks & > we'll bill 300 dollars a tuning for the > prophets from out of town value added, hot gas, > add naueum & travel expense etc. People luv that stuff!! > Just kidding. Sound like an oppurtunity for > some one who might love the desert. > Dale > > > >Greetings, > >If anyone is interested or has thought about >relocating to a new area please read further. > >A brief history: I moved to Las Vegas in 1992 >from Southern Maine. My reason for picking this >area is because it offered a boating industry >that I could fall back on in case the piano biz >didnât work out. Houston wouldâve been my >first choice (did a market survey, thanks Randy) >but I saw more entry potential in Southern >Nevada. I began with a yellow pages ad and after >two years of courting piano dealers I was able >to have a good relationship with a reputable >business as an independent technician. > >Since I have been in Las Vegas the population >has grown from 500,000 and is now close to 2 >million. According to city staticâs 7000 >familyâs a month move in and 3000 move out. >The construction industry has exploded and >projections are the same for the next 20 years. >Yes, the hotel/casino industry does supply a lot >of jobs for the economy, however, all aspects of >the service industry flourish. > >Our local PTG Chapter has 13 members (7 RPTâs, >6 Assoc.). Most of us are working full time as >self employed business owners with some dealer >work and major residential accounts. Two members >have rebuilding capabilities but one of them >will be retiring soon and some of the other >RPTâs are no longer in business. One member >handles most of the âstripâ accounts had has >done so for almost 30 years. This area is also >expanding with the construction of new luxury hotels. > >My cries are this, This city is growing at an >alarming rate at the need for good tuning and >technical skill is in demand. I average 40 to 50 >calls on my answering machine a week. >Unfortunately I cannot keep up with the requests >and I have been referring some work to other >techâs in town but they are also busy. I have >been fortunate enough to have built a good >reputation for myself and have tuning, >regulating and voicing work to keep me busy >without any large commercial accounts. PianoDisc >and Yamaha Disklavier player pianoâs are very >popular and I have expanded my service to >include electro/mechanical service and >installation. This takes the lions share of shop >space and time but I am able to do some >rebuilding between dealer projects. I cannot >keep up with the demand of the piano dealer to >keep floor models tuned and prepped as well as >provide after sales service calls and concert >rental service. There is one technician that has >partnered with a store owner and has expanded >his retail store and is now offering Sauter, >Petrof and some other economy brands. Another >business will soon be opening a Bosendorfer >dealership soon. There are three existing >reputable dealers in town with brisk sales business throughout the year. > >Las Vegas is a great place to live as well as a >vacation destination. The arts are not as >outstanding as other cities yet but the >University has a wonderful theater with Ballet >productions, L.V. Philharmonic as well as guest >performers. ><http://www.lasvegasphilharmonic.com/>http://www.lasvegasphilharmonic.com/ > >Also, there is a performing arts theatre in the >planning stages to be built at the south end of the Strip. > >If anyone would like so more information about >moving to the area please contact me privately, >David Chadwick RPT ><mailto:chadwick61 at cox.net>chadwick61 at cox.net I >am currently the chapter president and would >enjoy speaking with anyone who is interested in >establishing a business in Las Vegas. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060407/9a245e58/attachment-0001.html
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