Profit from dusty pianos

[PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com]

I notice that many housewives are neurotic about dust - -when you open the  
piano, they come in with their rags and start cleaning away. Now here's a way 
to  profit from their neuroses. Tell them that there's probably more dust under 
the  keys than they'll ever see in their lifetimes, and that for a service 
charge  you'll take apart the piano, remove the keys, and vacuum out 50 years  
(or whatever) of accumulated dust. Make sure they're watching as the vacuum  
sucks up a half inch layer of the gray stuff. (It might pay to keep a good  old 
Electrolux in your car, and tell the customer "I have a special vacuum  
cleaner and a special attachment just for this type of work.) Forever after,  
they'll probably remember the cleaning of the piano much more than the tuning,  and 
will call you back periodically just to dust out the old bomb. They may  even 
start recommending you to their neurotic friends, too. I often think of  
advertising "Pianos Cleaned and Dusted" in some fancy neighborhoods. It might be  
so lucrative that I could end up giving up tuning and repairing!
 
Jesse Gitnik
In it since 1980
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