Kansas City

[vince mrykalo]

Jurgen,
  I hope you can take Patrick's suggestion and make it work for you, because I think the word will get around at the convention and you will have a good showing.  Or. . . is it too late for the home office to some way extend the exhibit hall to some other area?
   
  Jurgen will be at the MARC.


  
From: "Jurgen Goering" <pianoforte at pianofortesupply.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:06:11 -0500
Subject: Kansas City

Piano Forte Supply will not be exhibiting at the National Convention in 
Kansas City this year. The exhibit hall was sold out in 19 hrs, about 4 
months before the event, and anyone who came later came too late. I among 
others. I am sorry for the many of you on this list who were counting on 
visiting my booth. Needless to say, I am also disappointed at not being able 
to show all my new items.

Responding to exhibitor complaints that not enough technicians were making 
their way over to the exhibit hall in 2005, the decision was made to move the 
exhibit closer to the main convention activities. However, the only room 
available is 40% smaller than the hall previously used. I haven't yet fully 
understood how this can contribute to the biggest and best ever 50th annual 
convention.

Home office told me that 120 booths could have been sold, but the exhibit 
hall only has room for about 70 booths. (The size of every booth had to be 
reduced by 20% to accommodate even this small number.) So, at over $600 per 
booth, that amounts to a lost potential revenue of around $30,000 (!) for the 
convention. I could imagine that with $30,000 a lot of enticements could 
have been afforded to draw technicians across the way into the the exhibit 
hall. Let me see: free food? how about caviar canapes, or perhaps a $1,000 
door prize every hour of the exhibit?.... Maybe a grand piano as a prize? 

I can't help but wonder if enough thought was given to the drawing 
technicians to the large exhibit hall, instead of opting for the poor 
compromise of the smallest exhibit hall in years. (The breaks between 
sessions in '05 were far to short, for example) I don't know why there always 
seems to be such a huge problem surrounding the exhibit hall in the last few 
years. I don't want to bring up past mistakes, but they were surely made, 
and one important lesson doesn't seem to sink in: a good exhibit hall is 
vital for the success of a convention - it draws technicians to attend. I 
cannot count the number of technicians who were full of disappointment at the 
Rochester convention, saying to me that they would not have attended if they 
had known there would be only one tool and parts supplier from whom to 
purchase. I know many will be disappointed with the exhibit hall again this 
year. It is a real pity.

Oh, well, here's hoping for Burbank in 2008. See you there!
Jurgen Goering
Piano Forte Supply
www.pianofortesupply.com

From: "J Patrick Draine" <jpdraine at gmail.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:43:28 -0400
Subject: Re: Kansas City

Jurgen etal,
While I certainly "feel your pain" I hope you will consider attending
and finding some alternative way to promote your excellent business.
While renting a suite and exhibiting your wares that way is probably
too expensive, perhaps you could rent adjoining rooms with some other
entrepenuer (Joe Goss? Fujan? et al) and use one of them for
exhibiting your stuff (or hosting a little BYOB party on a slow
night!) to make your presence known.
Meanwhile, make sure your RVP as well as the Home Office know about
your disappointment.
Best wishes,
Patrick Draine (a happy customer)

From: Erwinspiano at aol.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:44:05 EDT
Subject: Re: Kansas City

      Jurgen
    Should have come to the MARC this week in Philadelphia. In fact you can probably still rent space.  400 ish registrants. Hmm 
      Yes they feed you 3 times & all the exhibitors you could want. I have given up trying to understand  the K.C politics & policies. The thinking & explanations are not far enough outside the box for me. 
  Piano Forte Supply will not be exhibiting at the National Convention in 
Kansas City this year. The exhibit hall was sold out in 19 hrs, about 4 
months before the event, and anyone who came later came too late. 

      Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT
  University of Utah
   
  "Minél több a változás, annál nagyobb az állandoság"
   
  2007 Pacific Northwest Convention
  Salt Lake City Utah
  April 11-14
  
 



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