<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Hi Joe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>I assume you sent me this as a private = e-mail about 50,000 supporting one tech.  We have about 9 including me although = I'm a new tech still learning and growing, in my skills that is, unless my = wife keeps bringing h ome ice cream :)  Anyway, we have 9 plus even more = cropping up in an area of maybe 91 thousand in st. joseph county not including = Elkhart county. I'm in Notredam country incase yoru wondering.  Instead of = Bend OR, this is South Bend, IN. :)  Anyway, I suspect that myarea is pretty = saturated.  Wouldn't you think?  I'm sort of stuck here for = the time being and am going to make the best of it.  I'm going to get door = hangers and try putting them around the area.  What was the name of that = printing CO. where you purchase yoru invoices?  Perhaps they also make = flyers and door hangers.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Just a note about my cold calling toic earlier.  I did ask if these folks had a regular piano technician, = or tuner as people know it. I wouldn't undercut another tech.  Take care.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 18, = 2006 3:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: One Piano = per......</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Back in the 70's someone came up with the ratio of  " = population of 20,000 will support 1 Tech". I rather suspect that number has changed = markedly with the "free time"/"entertainment time" quotient being so changed = today. I would suspect it would take 50,000 today, to support 1 tech.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>