[pianotech] Lost business

[Brian Trout]

The last time I rented a shop for piano work, I paid close to $700/mo.  That didn't include electricity, heat or ac.  

 

Another option is to build a shop.  If you can build on to your home or build a separate workshop on your own property, that would be one possibility.  It doesn't have to cost a fortune if you can do the work yourself. 

 

If you can do it yourself and can pay for the materials as you go, you have a huge advantage,... NO PAYMENTS!!  Not all would agree that being debt free is the way to go, but it sure saves a lot of worries when the work is a little thin.

 

FWIW...

 

Brian
 


To: pianotech at ptg.org
From: tnrwim at aol.com
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 14:33:43 -0400
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lost business




So with the partner gone, and the loss of the Pianodisc business, he is
asking a minimum of $300 / month - - - too rich for my blood.
Duaine
 
$300 a month is too much to pay for shop rent?  That's a bargain. If you have as much business as you claim you have, that money will be earned in a day. Something else is going on here. 
 
Wim 





-----Original Message-----
From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, May 20, 2010 3:22 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lost business


Paul T Williams wrote:
> Bingo!  When I lived in Washington state, I didn't even have a
> basement. No shop or anything.  I found a very generous tech who has
> an enormous shop who openly let me bring in pianos for no charge.
> (Thank you, Roger!!)  I'm sure that Duaine could figure out a way to
> do that as well in his area.  
>
> Paul
Well, it looks like I'm going to have to go there.

The same tech that - was - doing Pianodisc installations also had a
partner tech. Something happened between them and the partner is gone.

So with the partner gone, and the loss of the Pianodisc business, he is
asking a minimum of $300 / month - - - too rich for my blood.

Previously, another tech was selling used pianos - until - he lost his
lease and the landlord wanted to gouge the price of rent - so after many
years in business, he folded the business - however he is still "teching".

Finally, the last, current, opportunity would be a - daily - 100 mile -
round - trip - - - gas prices.

Duaine

 		 	   		  
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