[nfbpnotk] re. tool cases

[Shawn Brock]

hi marshall,
a stor i work for some times here givs me that line of, "well... things are 
a little slow... call us back in a week or 2".  i got tiard of calling them. 
and they started calling me.  "hey, could you come over and do 4 or 5 pianos 
for us?"  the stor bisnuss is some times frustrateing.  i would call all the 
stors in chicago there should bee plenty.  you will find some of them have 
regular guys they use, and wont need anybody.  the chirches are a good idea. 
i spent 2 days strate calling chirches here in cincinnati.  in chicago it 
will take you about 3 or 4 days to get them all.  go to a guild meating and 
ask around there for anyone who might need help.  i aprintased with a guy 
here, and it was a trade off.  he would show me how to do things.  in return 
i would do some work for free.  after a while this relationship he started 
sending tunings my way.  and he hires me to do some work at the colledge he 
works for.  its ben varry benafissial for me.  check at the guild meatings 
for a tech who needs someone to do conntract work at his or her colledge. 
you can also place a lott of free online adds.  put up some fliers at sooper 
markets and anywhere people will let you.  check out bars and night clubs. 
i do a few of those.  theirs one around the corner from my house that i do 
once a month.  they told me they could not afford to put out $100 per month 
for piano tuning.  but they giv me a voucher for $100 per month.  you can 
buy a lot of lunches or drinks for that.  one thing i can tell you, is it 
takes a while to get going.  custamers come and go.  one day it seems like 
no one calls you, then all of the sudden the phone rings off the hook!  i 
once herd of a technician who would move in to a town and call everyone in 
the phone book, to try to get custamers.  and he got them!  if one had that 
much patients that would work i guess.  let us know how you are getting 
along over there.  lots of luck.
Shawn Brock
Piano Service
513-349-8541
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pianotune05" <pianotune05 at comcast.net>
To: <nfbpnotk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:31 PM
Subject: [nfbpnotk] re. tool cases


Hi Shawn,
Marshall here. We spoke about tuning speed a while back.  For a tool case I 
use one of those computer cases that a person can pull behind them on 
wheels.  So far it holds everything.  I bought it at Office Depot for $100 
It works great except for the fact that if you bring a lunch with you, make 
sure it's in something solid.   put a bottle of water and a bananna in a 
grocery bag and tucked it in one of the compartments, and the bananna didn't 
survive the journey.  I was left with just crackers for lunch that day.

I have another question unrelated to tool cases.  I just moved to Chicago, 
and I'm new to tuning.  I need to have exposure to pianos every day, and 
money is really really tight.  I don't have money to advertise.  Feeding our 
son is more important.  So how am I to get my name out there so I can start 
tuning and improving my skill.  This music store I've been talking with 
keeps giving me different answers from one day a week to business is slow, 
could you drop off some business cards.  Another music store said that 
mybass was out on a Canabe piano I tuned, and the guy doesn't call back, but 
said he'd give me another chance at doing a tuning.  I'm waiting on this one 
until I improve my skill some more.  Right now I'm calling churches to see 
if they need a piano tuner.  What ideas do you have for me to get tunings, 
and my name out there without any working capitol to advertise?  Thanks 
again Shawn.  I hope I can meet you at the convention in Kansas City next 
summer. Take care.
Marshall Gisondi



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