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Willem,<br>
<br>
That is a GREAT start except these are going to churches and retirement
/ community / nursing homes. <br>
<br>
I'm assuming I should call each place to find out if they have an
acoustic piano? Or just send the letter ?<br>
<br>
Thank you for your help, Duaine<br>
<br>
Willem Blees wrote:
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cite="mid8CA24422D042F3A-FBC-1039@WEBMAIL-DG02.sysops.aol.com"
type="cite"><wbr>Duaine<br>
<br>
If these cold call letters are being sent to customer who you know own
a piano, perhaps something along these lines will be of help. I'm
sending these out to about 1200 people who bought a piano from a piano
store I work for. The only problem is, about one third of these
customers bought an electronic instrument, but the store owner didn't
separate those from the acoustical pianos. <br>
<br>
<div align="justify">Dear Piano Owner:</div>
<div align="justify">Congratulations on your recently purchased
piano. Since it was delivered, your piano should have been tuned at
least once. But did you know that piano manufacturers recommend pianos
be tuned twice a year? For more information about why and how often a
piano should be serviced, please read the enclosed brochure.</div>
<div align="justify">Please allow me to introduce myself. Before
coming to Hawaii in August, 2007, I spent 6 years as the head piano
technician at the University of Alabama, and 24 years in St. Louis, MO,
as a self-employed piano tuner/technician with a piano retail store and
rebuilding shop. </div>
<div align="justify">My knowledge of pianos comes from being a second
generation piano technician, and a Registered Piano Technician (RPT)
member of the Piano Technicians Guild, (PTG). For the past 30 years I
have attended over 55 seminars and technical institutes on subjects
ranging from basic tuning and regulating to voicing and rebuilding. I
have also taught at many of these seminars and institutes throughout
the United States and Canada. </div>
<div align="justify">Please visit my web site, <a
href="http://www.willimblees.com/"><u><font color="#0000ff">www.willemblees.com</font></u></a>,
where you will find more information about pianos, how and why they go
out of tune, and the various services I am able to provide. </div>
<div align="justify">When you are ready to get your piano tuned, I
would appreciate it very much if you would give me a call, and give me
the opportunity to be your piano tuner. </div>
<br>
I hope this helps.<br>
<br>
<br>
<div style="clear: both;">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
Honolulu, HI<br>
Author of <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.pianotuning.com">www.pianotuning.com</a></div>
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Duaine Hechler
Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ
Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
Reed Organ Society Member
St. Louis, MO 63034
(314) 838-5587
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">dahechler@charter.net</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</a>
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