<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have always allowed only two days a week for tuning and three days in the shop. If I fell behind in tuning work (more that two weeks booked) I would add another day tuning and make up the shop work on Saturday (I never tune on Saturday-personal quirk).  I also never like working in the shop after tuning. There wasn't enough time that I was willing to spend after tuning all day to make the effort worth while. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></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> Sunday, August 03, 2008 1:48 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> Re: rebuilding & shop repairs</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Rick<BR><BR>When I had a full rebuilding business back in St. Louis, I would schedule at least 2 and sometimes 3 days a week just for shop work. I would guard those days, because I knew that if I would schedule tunings on those days, I would never get the work done. That doesn't mean I wouldn't do shop work after tuning all day, or schedule an occasional tuning on a  shop day. But that is how I operated most of the time. <BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>808-349-2943<BR>www.bleespiano.com<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: richard.ucci@att.net<BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 3:01 am<BR>Subject: rebuilding & shop repairs<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_3_9a3380a8-ed65-4085-90b3-bc5f9e72d591> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV>What amount of time do you spend on shop repairs and rebuilding in a given work week? Do you often work in the shop after a full day of tunings?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano</DIV></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAC3A83E308D84-9F0-388><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> It's time to go back to school! Get the latest trends and gadgets that make the grade on <A title=http://shopping.aol.com/back-to-school?ncid=aolins00050000000007 href="http://shopping.aol.com/back-to-school?ncid=aolins00050000000007" target=_blank>AOL Shopping</A>.</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>