Pianotech

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech. 

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines. 
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows! 
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready. 
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue. 
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work. 
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound. 
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website. 
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field. 

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here! 


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
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Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

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Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
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i use the Festool systainers and for the punchings i have the little organizers which fit inside the systainer and then the lid has a foam insert which keeps each and every punching in its own little organizer
Peter

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Petrus Janssen
Peachtree City GA
678-416-8055
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 17:53
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

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Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
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forgot the picture

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Petrus Janssen
Peachtree City GA
678-416-8055
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 18:03
From: Petrus Janssen
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

i use the Festool systainers and for the punchings i have the little organizers which fit inside the systainer and then the lid has a foam insert which keeps each and every punching in its own little organizer
Peter

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Petrus Janssen
Peachtree City GA
678-416-8055

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 17:53
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

------------------------------
Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
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I lined the top of mine with cheap felt. Works well.

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John Formsma, RPT
New Albany MS
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 18:11
From: Petrus Janssen
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

forgot the picture

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Petrus Janssen
Peachtree City GA
678-416-8055

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 18:03
From: Petrus Janssen
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

i use the Festool systainers and for the punchings i have the little organizers which fit inside the systainer and then the lid has a foam insert which keeps each and every punching in its own little organizer
Peter

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Petrus Janssen
Peachtree City GA
678-416-8055

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 17:53
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

------------------------------
Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
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Yes. I use a plastic punching box, and sometimes packages come with a thin layer of foam plastic, not brittle like styrofoam, about 1/4" thick. I cut a piece to fit in between the lid and the tops of the compartments. It ends up with impressions from the compartment sides on it but the lid can still snap shut.

Some thin punchings still manage to sneak into the neighboring boxes, but not so many it's hard to put them back where they belong.

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Susan Kline
Philomath, Oregon
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 17:53
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

------------------------------
Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
------------------------------

I use one of these. I found this pic on the Jendco Safety Supply website. Think I found mine at Harbor Freight. Top level holds balance rail punchings, felt & paper. Bottom level holds front rail punchings, felt & paper. Compartments big enough to hold more than you would even need in the field of every available thickness. It lives quite casually in my car and has never had a problem with leakage from one compartment to another.  



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Geoff Sykes, RPT
Los Angeles CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 17:53
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

------------------------------
Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
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I intend to practice more bagpipes which also helps with social distancing. 😜🤣

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Maggie Jusiel
Athens, WV
(304)952-8615
mags@timandmaggie.net
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 23:14
From: Geoff Sykes
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

I use one of these. I found this pic on the Jendco Safety Supply website. Think I found mine at Harbor Freight. Top level holds balance rail punchings, felt & paper. Bottom level holds front rail punchings, felt & paper. Compartments big enough to hold more than you would even need in the field of every available thickness. It lives quite casually in my car and has never had a problem with leakage from one compartment to another.



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Geoff Sykes, RPT
Los Angeles CA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 17:53
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

------------------------------
Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
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Spot on Maggie! You'll have zero worries of virus transfer from or to me!!!

PS:  Q:  What's the difference between a bagpipe and an onion?

        A:  No one cries when you cut up a bagpipe!

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Terry Farrell
Farrell Piano Service, Inc.
Brandon, Florida
terry@farrellpiano.com
813-684-3505
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-19-2020 00:05
From: Margaret Jusiel
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

I intend to practice more bagpipes which also helps with social distancing. 😜🤣

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Maggie Jusiel
Athens, WV
(304)952-8615
mags@timandmaggie.net

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 23:14
From: Geoff Sykes
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

I use one of these. I found this pic on the Jendco Safety Supply website. Think I found mine at Harbor Freight. Top level holds balance rail punchings, felt & paper. Bottom level holds front rail punchings, felt & paper. Compartments big enough to hold more than you would even need in the field of every available thickness. It lives quite casually in my car and has never had a problem with leakage from one compartment to another.



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Geoff Sykes, RPT
Los Angeles CA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 17:53
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

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Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


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Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
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Geoff - I have FOUR of those exact "punching boxes"! One is for punchings, but I also keep an array of repair parts (springs, etc.) in others. They have worked very well for me also! I think I found mine at a local lumber yard/hardware store.

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Terry Farrell
Farrell Piano Service, Inc.
Brandon, Florida
terry@farrellpiano.com
813-684-3505
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 23:14
From: Geoff Sykes
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

I use one of these. I found this pic on the Jendco Safety Supply website. Think I found mine at Harbor Freight. Top level holds balance rail punchings, felt & paper. Bottom level holds front rail punchings, felt & paper. Compartments big enough to hold more than you would even need in the field of every available thickness. It lives quite casually in my car and has never had a problem with leakage from one compartment to another.



------------------------------
Geoff Sykes, RPT
Los Angeles CA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 17:53
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Nice, thanks! Any ideas on number 11? My punchings keep getting mixed up no matter how many times I sort them. I've just learned to live with it, but it would be nice for a fix. Ideas?

------------------------------
Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


------------------------------
Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
------------------------------

Excellent Post Hannah!  Love your ideas.  We need to all stay positive!  Each of the things you mention add to the quality of life during (and after) this time.  Work smarter ... :)  Interestingly we have seen a spike in work over the past few days as technicians are preparing to stay busy with shop work.  Action work done in you home can be a great income while you're unable to be on the road.... some university work may be able to be done while closures are in place.


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Melanie Brooks
Brooks, Ltd. Piano Products LLC
Uncasville CT
860-848-6605
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


------------------------------
Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
------------------------------

Here's another revolutionary idea to try. We could... wait for it... actually play the piano! That is the point of caring for them, after all.

------------------------------
Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


------------------------------
Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
------------------------------

I keep my punchings in 1/2 sized sandwich ziplocks and carry those in a small tupperware. I am usually just using a few  smaller paper sizes, I spread out about 20 at time of each size on the tupperware lid which can sit on a part of the keyboard I'm not working on yet within easy reach. I always had trouble digging punchings out of the little cubbies in the cubical storage boxes, I've found it easier to pick them up from a flat surface and there's no wasted space in the storage.
Almost all the pianos I work on are fairly new so I don't do that much leveling and when I do the adjustments they are pretty small.

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Steven Rosenthal
Honolulu HI
808-521-7129
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-19-2020 21:40
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

Here's another revolutionary idea to try. We could... wait for it... actually play the piano! That is the point of caring for them, after all.

------------------------------
Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
Piano Technician / Artisan
(805) 315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


------------------------------
Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
------------------------------

Might I also suggest streaming some free virtual concerts, operas, or other performances? Here's a list of upcoming free livestreams put together by NPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816504058/a-list-of-live-virtual-concerts-to-watch-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown

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Andrea Hackbarth
Palmer AK
907-435-7697
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


------------------------------
Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
------------------------------

9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...

Here's a variation on this: Find a tuning mentor who will join you on FaceTime/Skype for a tutoring session. Not only will you be working on your own piano to practice aural skills, but you'll be learning new internet skills and getting one-on-one help.

Richard West

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Richard West
Oro Valley AZ
402-570-4409
440richard@gmail.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 16:28
From: Hannah Beckett
Subject: 18 Ways To Get Happy About Being Stuck At Home

It's tough to be stuck at home with no work, but it gets a little better if you look at this as an opportunity to become a better technician. Here are 18 ways to use time well and come out on the other end of a pandemic a more organized and competent tech.

1. Clean out your home-service tool bag. Take everything out, throw away the little bits of felt and pieces of string floating around, give it a solid vacuum, and then reorganize the tools you put back in making sure each one has a designated place.
2. Refill your liquids. Don't wait until you're out in the field on your last drop of protek! Make sure your glues are fresh, cleaning and polishing stock is filled, and lubricants are topped off.
3. Work on your website. There's ALWAYS a way to make it better. Update graphics, photos, and verbiage to make sure your site is coming up on search engines.
4. Catch up on reading your favorite Journal series that you haven't had time for in the past six months...
5. Deep clean and detail your car! This is always on the bottom of my list when I've been out on a long day of tuning, but you'd be surprised at how your quality of life increases when you ride around in a clean car with no protein bar wrappers and old receipts flying around when you roll down the windows!
6. Go through the pile of old tools laying in your shop. Which ones should be thrown out, and which could you pass on to a starving new technician who is building up a toolbox?
7. Put together a chapter technical presentation so that the next time your president calls you up for ideas you can be ready.
8. Practice string splicing. You don't need a piano to work on knots, and if you get comfortable with it now, you'll be far less frazzled when you need it in the field!
9. Practice setting an aural temperament on your home piano and then tune it. It's probably been years since that thing got any attention...
10. Write up the TTT or Journal article you've had on your mind but didn't have time to pursue.
11. Organize your punchings box that has been completely scrambled after one too many sharp turns in the car. Find a new box that will keep them separated permanently so you never have to sort it again.
12. Clean out your client contact list and make sure you have a plan for rescheduling the March appointments that were canceled so that you don't get overwhelmed when it's time to go back to work.
13. Read the piano books that you've had stacked up on your bookcase.
14. Learn about the latest products from piano manufacturers. What are the differences between a Kawai GL and an RX?
15. Change the bag in your portable vacuum cleaner. It's probably the reason your vacuum is overheating and making a shrill whistling sound.
16. Make a better system for taxes. Are you familiar with Quickbooks?
17. Become a Dammp-Chaser installer by taking their online test and add that skill to your website.
18. Start practicing for the RPT technical exam. You probably have most of the material laying around already, and preparing for the time allotments will make you a more competent technician in the field.

How are you passing the time? Post your ideas here!


------------------------------
Hannah Beckett
Reston VA
910-231-3595
------------------------------