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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since caster cups have been brought
up,<EM> </EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM> I am a producer of Handsome =
Hardwood
Caster Cups and you can check my website</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>James</FONT></EM> =
Grebe<BR>Piano-Forte Tuning
& Repair<BR>Artisan of Wood<BR><A
href="http://www.JamesGrebe.com">WWW.JamesGrebe.com</A><BR>1526 =
Raspberry
Lane<BR>Arnold, MO 63010<BR><A
href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">pianoman@accessus.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tcole@cruzio.com href="mailto:tcole@cruzio.com">Thomas =
Cole</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 09, 2004 =
12:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stock & =
Inventory?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Caster cups, especially the kind with felt bottoms =
(from
Schaff, for when there are hardwood floors); same but smaller ones for =
uprights (get the modified pry bar designed by Yat-Lam Hong to lift =
the piano
when installing); cleaning/polishing products (e.g., Cory); catalogs =
like
Jansen's to show people when they have a need for leg dollies, a =
cover, a
lamp, an adjustable bench for their child, etc.<BR><BR>Tom =
Cole<BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Rick =
Bazemore</SPAN></FONT> <SMALL>wrote</SMALL>:<BR>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">As you can tell by now, I =
am on the
front end of my piano tech career and trying to come up with a =
business plan
for when I am doing this full-time. My question today is what =
products
have you found to be the most marketable and appealing to your =
tuning
clientele? Which products do you try to always have on hand =
(and how
many do you keep in stock) because of their =
popularity? How much
to mark-up do you put on the products you =
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