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December 14, 2011... January 10, 2012
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"DaviStarting another BIG NEW YEAR ! "
2012 should certainly prove to be one of the BIGGEST years ever for us here as we finally finish, and display on the website, so many new prototype, or custom, pieces we have been working on over the past eighteen months (and, in some cases, by intent, even LONGER!).As we approach mid January, we are really only just now getting back into full swing with the regular work routine since yours truly had some acute issues with a lingering (seven weeks!) bronchial infection that kind of came to a head a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately, I think I have finally outlasted it and I am getting stronger each day as I get back into "old grind" (and I also get "grumpier" according to Annette - my nickname by the grand kids is to be "grump-pa" instead of grand-pa ... much more appropriate for me I guess) .
As a result though, I am just a little futher beyond where I was, schedule wise, at last news update so I am presenting that update from last month, again, here below. Then, by next month's update, I hope to be able to finally start introducing and showing some of the pieces on our site that have kept me so "DaviStrung out" these past many months!
So, until then, here is last month's "rerun" for those who have not been here for awhile...
Please note, especially, the announcement that all new orders are still "on hold" for a few more weeks until further notice!
" DaviSound ... DaviSpanning Four Decades ! "
And ...
Still "DaviSwimming" ... NEVER "DaviSinking"!
Yes, it is obvious that I have been "well in over my head" in terms of accumulated, ongoing work backlog this past year and, while it may seem to many of you in waiting that I have only been "treading water" without "swimming" my way out, I assure you that is NOT the case! I have always been a pretty good "endurance swimmer" although not a speedster. I am, and have been, at least, "inching" my way along toward the "water's edge" with the "shoreline" very much in sight.Like some of you, no doubt, I have also had my share of life's "sharks in the water" to deal with along the way this past year on the domestic front which have been fairly significant in keeping me struggling in "deep water" most of the way (including the lingering illness and death of my mother).
However, with my available time divided thinly around all the many projects remaining on all the workbenches, I continue to "inch my way along" and, now, even have a "towline" along side with some occasional, well qualified, part-time help through the end of the year. Will we culminate ALL of the long awaited projects by the exact end of the calendar year? NO ... but we will be very, very close with the ones that remain and have them forthcoming early in the new year.
So, this month there is the "good news" and "big news" as we approach the end of our extended 40th anniversary year (begun June 2010).
The good news is, we expect the coming year, very early, to FINALLY bring the end of ALL the backed up projects here once and for all.The BIG NEWS is, once that is finally accomplished, henceforth DaviSound will be operating by maintaining just ONE OR TWO ongoing, prepaid, projects at any given time with all other serious inquiries and commissions by chronological waiting list only.
Furthermore, in order to hasten efforts in this direction, as some recent new inquirors already know, I am placing a "freeze" on all new prepaid orders and commissions until further notice!
Once we have completed and shipped ALL the remaining projects we are working on here, including the larger "monster" custom consoles that have demanded so much prototyping time and attention, then we will notify all new inquirors, in chronological fashion, that we can accept their orders one or two at a time, as well as posting that news here.
Now, please, do NOT infer from this that DaviSound is in ANY way "winding down" operation. I am simply changing the way we handle our order process for my own peace of mind to avoid the added, daily stress I feel of "owing" my time to so many prepaid clients at once! In the past, we always felt it was best to accept deposits, or in many cases, at the client's choosing, full prepayment to secure a place in our work rotation queue. Now, from this point forward, we will simply keep inquirors on a chronological waiting list in our files and notify, in order, when we can accept a firm deposit to commission the next project.
I feel this will help our operation in many respects. Aside from removing the stress factor that I feel with many projects underway at any given time, I believe it will shorten the process, and actually increase volume over time, since focusing on a smaller number of projects, as I have learned from experience over the past few years, is just a more efficient way for us to work than spreading time and attention in many different directions at once.
I would, personally, like to enjoy the satisfaction of making progress on a developing project without having to, simultaneously, feel like I was neglecting all the others, for a change!
Actually, this "new" method of doing business is basically the way we had always done things here until a few years back when we decided to add more work stations to accomodate many ongoing projects simultaneously. At that time, I felt this might be the best way to accommodate the ever-growing demand for DaviSound gear. While it did seem to work better for awhile, I just let it get out of hand, so to speak, to the point where I have finally realized that dividing my time and attention in so many directions at once can never be as efficient, in the long run, as maintaining a more narrow focus on just a couple of projects at any given time. This is especially the case since I am now, most of the time, a "one-man operation".
So, until further notice sometime in early 2012, DaviSound will NOT be accepting any new, prepaid orders or commissions until it is announced otherwise here on the News Updates page. From then on, we will accept, and maintain, only one or two firm projects at any given time with all other inquiries placed on queue in the chronological waiting list.
We do have a LOT of special new pieces shaping up here that I will be most anxious to display on our website once they finally are completed and documented. All of the items we have discussed here in previous posts are nearing that final stage in varying degrees and, while some of them will, indeed, be completed and shipped by the end of the year as planned, I doubt I will have time, through the busy holiday season, to prepare the showcase web pages for them before out in the new year. But, they will be displayed and introduced on the website just as soon as possible so "please stay tuned" as we used to say in the radio days!
I definitely want to thank all of you who remain our "DaviSpecial" clients in waiting who have patiently endured some of the longest wait times in our history for your project to be delivered. I apologize that my more, traditional, bi monthly, or even weekly, progress updates by email have also, necessarily, suffered along the way - yet another justification for going back to the old method of accepting just one or two projects at a time. But, I can truthfully assure all of you that when your new piece does pass my certification and you finally have it in your hands, I am fully confident that you will still find it well worth the long wait that it took to get it you!For all you new, and recent, inquirors wishing to obtain your own new DaviSound Tool Box or other custom item, I assure you I will be MOST happy to accommodate you once I have fully completed and delivered the backlog of current projects at hand. If you are a serious inquiror, you will be notified by email when we can confirm your project as well as by our posting the lifting of the "freeze" here on our News Updates web page.
I remind you that even under normal circumstances it will always take some time investment to obtain a DaviSound original since the creation of unique, hand made, heirloom quality pieces is a time demanding process at every stage and there are NO shortcuts. But, I am confident that our return to the old method of accepting just a couple of projects at a time will serve to, greatly, shorten the individual turn around times! So, if you have an interest in becoming a DaviSound client, go ahead and get your inquiries in so that you will be placed on our chronological waiting list to be personally notified once I am in position to "lift the freeze".
Thank you for participating in our fortieth anniversary celebration here for the past eighteen months and I look forward to serving all of you for another, very productive decade!
Sincerely,
Hayne Davis
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