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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>My confidence gets shaken when I rub elbows with othes techs who can tune faster and know all the ins and outs about repairs. However, when people find out that I'm sight challanged, they assume that I have keen hearing for tuning. I do, but what they don't know and I don't tell them is that I have to train to hone in on the right things. In fact a lady asked me about that today when I mentioned that I'm sight impaired since I don't drive. So in one sense, that gives me an edge. I use people's perseption to boost my confidence and hone my skills as a tuner. It's real hard to tune in a thrift store with a cashier who keeps complaining like I can' t hear her, and asking customers if they want to take me h ome with them. Imagine the dates I would have gotten if this occured in my single days. Don't worry. I wouldn't trade being married at 40 to an awesome wife and having an awesome 5 month old son for nothing, not even a new tuning lever. ;) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Thomas Cole <tcole@cruzio.com> <BR><BR>> You can get asked the question no matter how long you've been in the <BR>> business. Whether you've done something klutzy with the case parts, or <BR>> you look like you're in your nineties, it can mean different things. <BR>> Sometimes I think they're asking if you can actually make a living <BR>> tuning pianos and they might *expect* that you also have a day job. <BR>> <BR>> Confidence is important, as Dean said, so if you get asked about it <BR>> specifically, you can give an honest answer and make it sound like <BR>> you're a veteran. <BR>> <BR>> Tom Cole <BR>> <BR>> Ron Nossaman wrote: <BR>> <BR>> > <BR>> >> It is all about confidence. I was regularly asked the question of how <BR>> >> long I had been tuning when I first started out. Now it hardly every <BR>> >> gets asked. <BR>> >> Dean <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > I still get asked once in awhile. "Long enough to know better" is the <BR>> > usual reply. <BR>> > Ron N <BR>> > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>