So, PLEASE, everyone STOP telling me how to run my business - and - these almost seless conventions. Thank you, Duaine By the same token, Duaine, PLEASE stop telling the PTG how to run our web server, or how to correct e-mail problems, etc. etc. And while your at it. PLEASE get off this site. You apparently don't need us, because you know it all. So why bother to read what us dummies have to say. Just stick to your player piano stuff, and leave us the hell alone. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 11:19 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Conventions ( was Pianotech? ) I swear - some of you are as dumb as a door nail - and - how many times do I ave to say it - how many classes do I need o take that include player pianos and reed organs. Voicing the Vertical Piano (Fred Sturm) - don't really need for antique players the clientele just wants them to PLAY. ertical Regulation - Max Results in Minimum Time (Kawai with Don Mannino) - ossible - but - how many ways can you egulate the same items - and - more importantly, what kind of regulation would enefit the mechanical aspects of an ntique player piano ? ertical Regulation Plus (Hailun / Keith Bowman and Mike Carraher) - Possible - ut - what kind of regulation that would elp antique players verything Upright (Paul Rea) - Possible - but - I've run into almost every ossible problem with antique players And we had a stellar offering of classes that were not specific to grands or erticals, on topics such as: usiness - Possible - although have been mentored by a 30+ year veteran of the usiness ealth - Possible - although my doctor takes priority uning - use an ETD exclusively with some aural tuning checks efinishing - Not my line of work - farm it out - although I know enough for the asics. eytops - Possible - although how many ways can you accomplish the same thing - nd - any classes for antique ivory keys ? TDs - Possible - although, I know the basics of Cybertuner to produce a very ood tuning for my kind of clientele estringing - Already know the basics however will probably never be done for ntique players xam Prep - Don't need - probably will never take the exams - what exams are eared to antique players If you haven't noticed, there was a reoccurring type of piano listed. So, PLEASE, everyone STOP telling me how to run my business - and - these almost seless conventions. Thank you, Duaine On 07/24/2012 12:11 PM, Mark Purney wrote: On 7/17/2012 10:45 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote: > 1) At least 95% of my profit goes back out in supplies. Anything you spend on supplies can't be considered "profit" in the first lace. But if you're saying 95% of the money you collect from clients is going back into supplies, then something is wrong. omewhere along the line, you made the same mistake that many technicians make: You set aside continued education in rder to focus on working, with the notion that later on it will somehow be easier to bring education back into he routine. It's like saying, "I've got to get to my destination, so there's no time to change the oil, stop for gas, r check the tire pressure." And then you find yourself stuck on the side of the road, working on the pianos nobody lse in your area wants to touch, and making no profit. Don't blame the PTG. Don't blame the pianos. Don't blame the lients. Don't blame the other technicians in your area. If you aren't where you want to be, there is only ne person responsible for that. Continued education is critically important to the success of the piano echnician. The PTG offers lots of great educational opportunities, but the National Convention & Technical Institute s the biggest B12 injection that you can get for your piano service career. It's not just the technical knowledge ained that makes it so worthwhile. The business classes, alone, can be life-changing. Just being able to spend a week ocializing with some of the world's best and brightest technicians can positively impact the way you approach your wn attitude and business methods. The Convention is also a retreat, where you can step back from the daily grind of unning the business long enough to look at the big picture. This enables you to discover what you're doing right, what ou're doing wrong, and see yourself and your business in a new light. It's recharging your batteries for another ear, to go back to work with an excitement over how you're going to apply everything to achieve a new level of xcellence in your work and reach a higher income. Sometimes you need to spend money to make money. Some never go because they iew the hotel, airfare and registration as simply too expensive. I view it as the best possible investment you can ake in yourself and your business every year, with the highest returns. The regional conventions are fantastic, too. nd it's silly to not attend chapter meetings, because the only cost is a little gasoline and one evening every onth. > 6) Finally, as I have said my times before, the organization is geared owards Grands - and - clients with lots of > money to spend. That statement is complete Nonsense! In case anyone thinks there is truth to uaine's negativity and excuses for not continuing his own education, note the following information: In Seattle we had five or six classes that you could say were specifically rand-oriented, but there is also a large demand for grand-oriented classes. In fact, most PTG members service both rands and uprights, and both are incredibly important to the work we do. This is why we also had four classes just for pright servicing: Voicing the Vertical Piano (Fred Sturm) Vertical Regulation - Max Results in Minimum Time (Kawai with Don Mannino) Vertical Regulation Plus (Hailun / Keith Bowman and Mike Carraher) Everything Upright (Paul Rea) And we had a stellar offering of classes that were not specific to grands or erticals, on topics such as: Business Health Tuning Refinishing Keytops ETDs Restringing Exam Prep And not to forget the dedicated crew of examiners who helped members achieve PT or get much closer to doing so. - uaine Hechler iano, Player Piano, Pump Organ uning, Servicing& Rebuilding eed Organ Society Member lorissant, MO 63034 314) 838-5587 ahechler at att.net ww.hechlerpianoandorgan.com - ome& Business user of Linux - 11 years -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120725/389915bd/attachment-0001.htm>
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