<br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Fenton Murray <fmurray@cruzio.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00 pm<br> Subject: Re: income per mile<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_d3ae0932-0d54-4a6f-995a-31791ad41dc0> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wim,</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is avoiding your question, but, if you've brought home 65K in your first year in Hawaii, you must indeed know something about the Business of Piano Tuning. Not bad. </FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton<br> <br> <br> Having the know-how of running a tuning business was helpful, but what also helped me were three things. One, another tuner sent me quite few referrals.Two, I bought 440 names from a tuner who died. And three, I tuned for a store, who also gave me customers.The rest was just good old fashioned hustle. I worked long hours, and took on anything and everything that came my way.<br> <br> Unfortunately, even with as much money as I made, it wasn't enough to make a living here. My wife and I depleted our savings, and even had to borrow money to pay the rent for the last 4 months. But it looks like we turned a corner, and next year looks very promising. <br> <br> WIm  <br> <br> </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"><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com href="mailto:AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com">AlliedPianoCraft</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, July 23, 2008 10:45 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: income per mile</div> <div><br> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>Win, </FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>I wouldn't know how to calculate that, since my shop income is 3 to 4 time more than my tuning income (work in homes). Is that income just tunings and work in homes or are you adding in your shop work also?</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <div><br> </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <div style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="mailto:wimblees@aol.com
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A> </div> <div><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:26 PM</div> <div><B>To:</B> <A title="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </div> <div><B>Subject:</B> income per mile</div> </div> </div> <div><br> </div> <WBR>Since I moved to Hawaii a year ago I've put on 16,750 miles in my car. That's a lot of driving around this little island. About 85% of this is for business purposes. During this time I've brought in about $65,180. That comes to $4.86 of income per mile driven. I've never thought about this until today, but I wonder how I compare with some of you? This is gross income and it includes in home tuning and repairs, and shop work, like action regulation and repairs. No rebuilding.  <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> 808-349-2943<br> <A href="http://www.bleespiano.com/" target=_blank>www.bleespiano.com</A><br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> <A href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target=_blank>www.pianotuning.com</A></div> <div class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CABA829C9482E2-E78-39C><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. <A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014
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