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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Great advise Willem! I don't tune =
pianos, I
work on playgrounds at McDonald's restaurants, but, it works the =
same.
When the owner wants his maintenance man to do his own work, we =
encourage it,
sell them parts, etc. and have found it has built a good business for us =
with
very loyal customers. That's good thinking.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" =
title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 19, 2001 =
8:21
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The Bad News, =
etc.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
3/18/01 6:45:54 PM Central Standard Time, <BR><A
href="mailto:crbrpt@bellatlantic.net">crbrpt@bellatlantic.net</A> =
writes:
<BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">My most loyal customers are those who have tried to tune =
their
own pianos. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>This is about how I feel. This =
whole
discussion about pianist learning to <BR>tune their own piano should =
be looked
on by professional piano tuners as a <BR>means to increase business, =
not take
it away. I encourage people who call and <BR>ask for tuning hammers, =
tuning
forks, advice on tuning the piano, etc. I get <BR>rewarded handsomely =
by the
people with whom I spend a few minutes talking <BR>about how to tune a =
piano,
or from whom I make a few dollars selling tuning <BR>instruments. =
Sooner or
later they all realize there is much more to tuning a <BR>piano than =
turning
the pin. And for the few who actually do learn to do it =
<BR>themselves, they
become piano tuners, and join the ranks, and the PTG. <BR><BR>So why
discourage these people? If Mr. Widener can make a few bucks selling =
<BR>his
ETD, and if the professor feels good about writing his dissertation on =
<BR>the
web, more power to them. Bring it on. We can use the extra work.
<BR><BR>Willem <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>