---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi, Wim and colleagues - I don't give 'discounts' for tunings and other service calls. (That goes for institutions, schools, churches, teachers, etc. These categories would include most of my clientele anyway!) It seems to me that giving discounts means that I would have to 'overcharge' other clients to compensate and thus make my living. Discounting opens another can of worms when A finds out how much you charge B and feels abused. And besides, I would find it cumbersome to try to keep track of how much discount goes to whom and under what circumstances. That said, I do have an alternative for dealing with the multiple piano service calls. I simply bill the first tuning at the standard fee, and all subsequent work at my hourly rate. This almost always results in lower charges for the additional pianos and this is good news for the client. In fact, the client will often arrange to have me do several pianos at one visit to take advantage of this. Furthermore, since 'the meter is running' I feel more at liberty to do the extra minor regulating and repairs (which I itemize on the bill) as needed. The client is often very pleased that I noticed and took care of something. I have several busy concert venues in my clientele. These want fresh tunings for each performance - the way it should be. Sometimes that will mean tuning at close intervals, even daily. I know how these pianos behave, and which concerts will require a one-cent pitch raising and which will not. Accordingly, I may schedule only a half-hour (my minimum length of appointment) for a touch-up tuning and bill accordingly. My clients appreciate this and know that I have their interests at heart. It has in some cases encouraged their efforts at climate control, since they can perhaps see the economic value better than the aesthetic value. Also, when a client knows that a follow-up tuning isn't going to be very expensive, (s)he is much more likely to request another tuning rather than piggyback two concerts (or six) on one tuning. The result: stable piano, fine music, happy customer, good reputation for me. - Tom McNeil - Vermont Piano Restorations ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/21/20/de/ed/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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