Tips For Piano Industry Entrepreneurs w/ Timothy Barnes
In this session, Tim Barnes, a serial entrepreneur currently running two successful, well-loved piano companies, discusses his journey.
Tune in and listen to Tim talk about how he went from owning a lawn care business to becoming a piano industry business leader. Tim has become a seasoned piano tuner, built a team of skilled piano technicians, and a platform we all use for scheduling--Gazelle.
Tim says, "a lot of people aren't aware of the capacity of their piano." He describes how to leverage this fact to exceed client expectations and help them realize the true potential of their pianos.
Have you, as a technician and freelancer, needed help deciding the right pricing for your services? Charging too little? Too much? Just right? Tim shares insights about these by looking at pricing and skill alignment.
Here's a little bit about our guest Timothy Barnes:
Timothy Barnes is the founder of three successful companies, the well-loved pianos, Barnes String covers, LLC, and the Gazelle network. In addition, he is a seasoned piano tuner, author, teacher, entrepreneur, and leader in the PTG. He is based in Charlotte, NC.
𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓❗❗
Tune in and listen to Tim talk about how he went from owning a lawn care business to becoming a piano industry business leader. Tim has become a seasoned piano tuner, built a team of skilled piano technicians, and a platform we all use for scheduling--Gazelle.
Tim says, "a lot of people aren't aware of the capacity of their piano." He describes how to leverage this fact to exceed client expectations and help them realize the true potential of their pianos.
Have you, as a technician and freelancer, needed help deciding the right pricing for your services? Charging too little? Too much? Just right? Tim shares insights about these by looking at pricing and skill alignment.
Here's a little bit about our guest Timothy Barnes:
Timothy Barnes is the founder of three successful companies, the well-loved pianos, Barnes String covers, LLC, and the Gazelle network. In addition, he is a seasoned piano tuner, author, teacher, entrepreneur, and leader in the PTG. He is based in Charlotte, NC.
𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓❗❗
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Creators and Guests
Host
David Andersen
David Andersen, owner of David Andersen pianos in Los Angeles has been a professional musician, recording artist, and piano technician/consultant for nearly four decades. He has overseen the restoration and maintenance of hundreds of Steinway and Mason & Hamlin pianos during that time. Beginning in 1975 he apprenticed for two and a half years under Jack Cofer in Atlanta, Georgia; during the 1980s he studied at Steinway facilities both in New York and London.
Host
Eathan Janney
Eathan has 20 years of experience as a piano technician. He studied with Dave Miller, the staff piano technician for the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Dave Carpenter, the inventor of the Verituner electronic tuning device, provided mentorship for Eathan in Chicago. Eathan also worked with Ken Eschete and Bill Schwarts, the staff piano technicians at Northwestern University in Chicago. In 2009, he founded Floating Piano Factory of New York, a company that allows piano technicians to move from Apprentice to Craftsman level while offering value pricing to clients as technicians progress toward mastery. In 2017 he founded Piano Technicians Masterclasses, an online project designed to offer cutting-edge instruction from piano industry masters to anyone on the globe with an internet connection.