<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>K Kawai</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Annie,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a friend who tunes Tuesday and Thursday and does shop work Monday, Wednesday & Friday.  Somehow he makes it work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For big jobs, I look ahead in my schedule for a block of time, though there may be tunings here and there in that time, too.  How it all works out depends on how big the job is and how far in the future I'm booking it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've found that I'm a little, no, a lot busier than I want to be.  I just raised my rates and am sticking to my guns about the hours I work and/or how many tunings I'm willing to do per day.  Tornado dreams or the dreams I have about not being able to find the airport gate are always a good indicator that too much is going on!   :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When scheduling tunings/service calls, I get as much information from the customer before the apointment and schedule the time I think I might need.  Some techs just plan on tuning and schedule the other work for later; sometimes I do that, too, it just all depends...  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, Illinois</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=annie@allthingspiano.com href="mailto:annie@allthingspiano.com">Annie Grieshop</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Scheduling question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Something amazing has happened, and I would very much appreciate advice from y'all.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>H</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>ow do you schedule your time when business gets good enough to keep you hopping?  How do you divvy up your weeks, days, and hours to ensure that you can provide a range of services?  Do you set aside specific time for different types of work?  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>After seven years of hustling to make ends meet (which meant I had more than enough time to work at customers' sites and in my shop), I've moved to a new area which is turning out to be absolutely wonderful.  Today, however, it became very apparent that I'm going to have to become much more careful of my schedule if I'm to take advantage of the work opportunities that are being offered (and still do my best work, of course).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>So I would appreciate hearing how other folks do it.  Thanks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390314523-05122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Annie Grieshop</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>