<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 9, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Rex Roseman wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">So, a check list is just the thing for me to make sure that I catch the problems as they come in. I have a start with the things that the sales people have been concerned with in the past and a few things that I regularly check, but any suggestions and sample lists would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>So, welcome, Rex. This is the best ongoing learning forum for pianos in the world. Glad you found us, and glad you understand its value. Tell us more about the types and brands of pianos you prep, and the time frame you're working under, if any. That will help us focus you.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>"....<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">gone from hearing “tune this piano, don’t touch anything else” from the sales person(s) to “come in and do what you need to get the pianos ready to sell” from the store owner..."</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">That's amazing; what an opportunity for you to anchor and flourish a career. Keep coming around here, and asking sincere questions.There's regulation lists in quite a few places; have the store get whatever materials the manufacturer provides for their instruments regarding preparation; tell the owner you're really interested in educating yourself, and show him that you are---subscribe to the Piano Technician's Journal, buy other books, start going to the PTG chapter meeting closest to you. Live, and be, a humble student, and you can build a skill, and a business, that will treat you like a king for the rest of your life.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">David Andersen</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>