> I suppose there are other larger problems out there- like Obamacare, > for instance. That is a problem? Why? Terry Farrell On Mar 24, 2010, at 6:53 PM, RptBob1 at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 3/24/2010 6:31:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tunerboy3 at comcast.net > writes: > f full time tuning that music teachers for the most part, do not > always follow through with recommendations. Offering free tunings > for them does not necessarily mean recommendations for us. But, it > does mean free tunings for the teacher. Once they receive their > free tuning, they tend to "forget about us" and could use any > number of excuses as to why we did not hear from their students. > > > > On top of that, they still have to convince the students parents who > most of the time could care less, because they do not play it > themselves, to tune it and most often, they will not. > > > > If you insist on giving the teacher something, you might consider > offering them $10 per referral off from the price of your tuning. > This would be AFTER you actually tune their students piano. You > would not pay them this in cash but rather would deduct it off from > the teachers next piano tuning. This $10, would be per year, per > recommendation up to the cost of a tuning. You might have better > luck with that. > > > > Jer > > Terrific advice here, Terry. I also find Piano teachers to be very > neglectful (read cheap) in keeping their own pianos in tune. They > also are not very qualified in determining whether or not a piano is > really in need of tuning. If asked, most really cannot tell the > difference between in tune and out of tune. Exception to this, of > course, is the obvious slipped unisons that scream out to them. In > my over 40 years of experience, I also find most piano teachers with > very little knowledge of what regulation or voicing is and for the > most part cannot tell if a piano is in need of these kinds of > attention. We, as professionals, must somehow advance past this > vast ignorance, and teach the teachers without seeming to be doing > it for the money we need to charge for those services. Not an easy > task. I am sure this has been a problem for more years than most > of us have been in the business. These things are not taught in > Conservatories or in home schooling. > > And these are the same people that are asked to judge prospective > piano purchases! What a shame that they are listened to as if they > really know what they are talking about. And we somehow must > overcome all of the ignorance and misinformation they feed their > students and students' parents. It is what it is. I suppose there > are other larger problems out there- like Obamacare, for instance. > > Bob Bergantino, RPT > Willoughby Hills, Ohio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100325/0dc7dc78/attachment.htm>
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