Who here was in the piano business?

[ILM]

The only person I recall who "got into the piano business" and that was after another career was Kenny. He became a tuner.
Anyone else here who was in the piano business or still is?

ILM

[Axtremus]

@Larry was.
@LuFins-Dad and @Rich still are.
@Mik , were you in the business or was it someone else in your family who was? I thought I've seen your wrote something about that in the past.

[Mik]

Two piano techs still. My father was advertising director for Baldwin for a decade then opened a store. I have moved a lot of pianos, but that was a very long time ago.

[jon-nyc]

KB’s family was

[Larry]

Do people still buy pianos?

[Horace]

I think you still have to buy them. Even during the national buy zero get all you can carry free, they are difficult to loot.

[Larry]

I've got an apartment building that anything you leave sitting outside gets stolen within a few hours... unless it's a tool.

[Improviso]

Or work boots.

[Larry]

Yes.. lol

[Jolly]

@Horace said in Who here was in the piano business?:

I think you still have to buy them. Even during the national buy zero get all you can carry free, they are difficult to loot.

Dunno. Didn't somebody post a picture of a Steinway store that was looted?

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in Who here was in the piano business?:

@Horace said in Who here was in the piano business?:

I think you still have to buy them. Even during the national buy zero get all you can carry free, they are difficult to loot.

Dunno. Didn't somebody post a picture of a Steinway store that was looted?

Wasn't looted, just vandalized...

[ILM]

Larry, what did you do in the piano industry
LuFin, what are you doing in the piano industry?

[Jolly]

@ILM said in Who here was in the piano business?:

Larry, what did you do in the piano industry
LuFin, what are you doing in the piano industry?

Larry owned piano stores and sold crappy pianos like Bechstein and Charles Walter.

LuFin currently runs a nice size piano store.

[LuFins Dad]

@ILM Sales and Sales Management. I manage a showroom for the Yamaha/Bösendorfer dealer in Washington, DC. I also run our Institutional Sales (Colleges, Schools, Etc...) department.

[ILM]

@LuFins-Dad said in Who here was in the piano business?:

@ILM Sales and Sales Management. I manage a showroom for the Yamaha/Bösendorfer dealer in Washington, DC. I also run our Institutional Sales (Colleges, Schools, Etc...) department.

Lu-Fin, Very nice. Maybe post the website?