I would like to urge Mike Haydon to ignore the advice that he defraud
piano supply companies by printing phony business cards and posing as a
piano tech.

The piano supply companies, like any other wholesale business, try to
protect themselves and their customers from this type of fraud, and for
a registered piano technician to make this suggestion can only be the
result of his not realizing that to do so sabotages both himself and
the profession.

Most piano supply companies _will_ sell to non-professionals at retail
prices, or Mike can ask a technician friend to order supplies for him;
then it's up to the technician to decide if he wants to charge for his
time and the professional status that enables him to obtain supplies at
wholesale prices.

Larry Lobel
Virtuoso Piano Service
Petaluma, CA