<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Terry P.,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Yes, we're all agreed that one can make money on these pianners. I do action = jobs on them too. It's just the fact that work on a poorly designed/built piano = is not as satisfying as work done on a well designed/built piano. It doesn't = yield the same result for the time spent compared to time spent on better quality.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>One man knows he shovels cow crap all day. Another shovels manure. Yet = another calls it bovine excrement, while another is a waste removal specialist. The = point is, it don't matter what you call it - crap is crap!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>It's all a process of getting where you want to be with your career. At one = time, I posted that I liked working on old uprights - doing what I could to get = them in shape. Now, with more experience and better clientele, I can't stand old = clunkers. But I do them (well, some of them) when I'm called because = I need the money. But I grit my teeth all the way. :-) I usually tell people on = the phone that only 5% are worth doing anything to, and there will be a = service charge even if I "just look at it."</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Hopefully, I'm getting the message across - it's OK to = work on the low-end stuff. We all do (or did) at one time. It's also OK to = specialize and work only on the "good stuff." I was talking to a general practicioner's = wife couple days ago. She said something similar about today's medical = students. "No one wants to be a GP anymore - it's more work for less money and there's more money in specialized medicine." I agree. I'm = headed toward specialization.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Respectfully,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=813330412-21052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>John Formsma</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of</B> pianolover 88<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:52 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Betsy Ross..bring 'em on!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P>thank god (or whoever) for all those old, abused, neglected, rusty, = sluggish, flaaaaaaat, worn, etc. pso's, pos's, and even well made = pianos that fit into the above categories; THAT'S PRECISELY WHERE I MAKE THE MOST MONEY....BY FAR! In fact, the more work a piano needs, the better! I = sell more action jobs than I can shake a lid prop at...not to mention = accessories such as D.Cs and String Covers. It's ALL good. Rarely do i walk in the door = of a fist-time client and do only a basic tuning. <BR><BR>Terry Peterson = </P> <DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows---- <DIV></DIV>From: Phillip Ford <fordpiano@earthlink.net> <DIV></DIV>Reply-To: Phillip Ford = <fordpiano@earthlink.net>,   Pianotech<pianotech@ptg.org> <DIV></DIV>To: pianotech@ptg.org <DIV></DIV>Subject: OT Re: Betsy Ross Spinet <DIV></DIV>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:50:40 -0700 (GMT-07:00) <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>>>Taking offense, <DIV></DIV>>>> <DIV></DIV>>>>-- <DIV></DIV>>>>Duaine Hechler <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>A long time ago, in a land far, far = away,  an old tuner told me, " <DIV></DIV>>>There's no such thing as a bad piano. <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Ric B quipped: <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>Well... what can I say...  he was wrong. <DIV></DIV>>Next ?? <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>grin <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>ROFL.  Maybe that should read 'an old and senile = tuner told me'. <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>double grin <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>anon <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>_______________________________________________ <DIV></DIV>pianotech list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives <DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR clear=all> <HR> <A href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2740??PS=47575">Watch LIVE = baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium!</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>