<html><body> <DIV>Hi Brian,</DIV> <DIV>I did that with one nursing home so far, and they want me to come back in June.  Unfortunately, right now I'm in too bad a financial situation to do free tunings any more.  It w ould be good if I could do that. </DIV> <DIV>Marshall</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Brian Doepke" <doepkeb@comcast.net> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="Microsoft Word 11" name=Generator> <META content="Microsoft Word 11" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C61C03.641C8C70" rel=File-List><LINK href="cid:editdata.mso" rel=Edit-Time-Data> <STYLE> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </STYLE> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <STYLE>  </STYLE> <DIV class=Section1> When I started, I offered free tunings to nursing homes. I got a lot of experience and built my confidence. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> Brian P. Doepke<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> AAA Piano <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Work</st1:PersonName>s, Inc.<o:p></o:p> 260-432-2043<o:p></o:p> 260-417-1298<o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of pianotune05 Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:44 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: One Piano Per....??<o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> My curiosity is, if one guy has all of the churchs, another has all of the schools, another has Notre Dam, the other has another college, and yet another has IUSB,  plus their loyal customer base plus the other tunertechs whom I do not know, how do I<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> a. keep from stepping on toes?<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> b. find customers that they don' t have if the store the only one in town cannot hire me?<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marshall</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> ps. Maybe I need some sort of low vision device in order to see these so called pianos that are out there not being tuned.  I'm seriously thinking about calling churches etc and saying, "Hello, I'm calling to schedule your piano tuning", and seeing if the take me up on it, or say, "Oh we have a tuner already."  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> (grrr pulling hair out saying how much I hate this community!)<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV style="font-color: black"> From: <A title=doepkeb@comcast.net href="mailto:doepkeb@comcast.net">Brian Doepke</A> <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> To: <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'An open list for piano technicians'</A> <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:21 PM<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Subject: One Piano Per....??<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> <o:p> </o:p></DIV> What is the average number of households that own a piano?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 1 in 75 ?  1 in 100 ?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This is not a quiz, I am just asking.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Brian P. Doepke<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> AAA Piano <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Work</st1:PersonName>s, Inc.<o:p></o:p> 260-432-2043<o:p></o:p> 260-417-1298<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>