RON VAN HOOSE Tuner-Technician - Author 4291 Holland Road, Suite 534 Virginia Beach, VA 23452 (804) 499-9151 The Exciting World of Piano Servicing is Waiting for YOU!! *** MALE FEMALE ANY AGE *** In just WEEKS you can have the ability to: > Tune your own piano and save $$$ > Enter into a career grossing at least $40,000 > Be your own boss - set your own schedule ============================================================ AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Commander Ron Van Hoose served in the U.S. Navy as an In- strumentalist, Band Leader, Associate Conductor of the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. and prior to retiring in 1980, he served for five years as the Commanding Officer of the Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk Virginia. He was responsible for the training of all Army, Navy and Marine Corps musicians and bandmasters worldwide. He holds degrees in Music and Business Administration. In 1960, he was the leader of the Navy Band in Argentia, Newfoundland. No piano tuners were available locally so he took a correspondence course in tuning to keep the pianos on base working for performances. He continued studying and tuning, first as a hobby and then as a part time job. Along the way, he tuned for Bob Hope, Jane Mansfield, Doc Severinson (tonight show), Vaughn Monroe, Anita Bryant, Dorothy Provine, Les Brown and hundreds of lessor known performers. When he left the Navy, he decided to continue in this very lucrative profession on a full time basis. ***** HOW LUCRATIVE IS THE TUNING BUSINESS? Before I began writing and teaching, I was tuning 3-4 pianos daily. The average rate for tuning in Virginia Beach is $45.00 (1991). This equals an average income of over $700 per week. After expenses for advertising, travel, taxes etc... that leaves a net of around $500 in real spendable bucks. iv You probably won't get rich as a tuner, but even if you only tune part-time while continuing your full time job, $45.00 for an hour and a half of your time surely can help replace those hamburgers with steaks. Of course, if you go full time and work some week-ends and evenings, you could easily CLEAR over $700.00 a week. If these figures seem high, just get out the yellow pages, call a tuner and ask him/her how much they charge. You will quickly be convinced. One great feature about this profession is that when you tune for a customer, and do a good job, you will be tuning for them from then on. Since pianos should be tuned every six months, in a very short time you will have more work than you can handle. What do you do then? You train and hire additional tuners. Your $700 per week can easily explode into $.????. Well, this is the end of my pitch. Did I do good? Are you ready to grab your piano and make it sing? Even if I didn't convince you, you should read through the rest of the infor- mation on this disk. Then, if you decide not to become a tuner, you will at least have learned a little about this old and honored profession (and how we make it pay). Press P to print this file or ESC for the menu. v