List: You all read David Ilvedson's post concerning the evaluation of the Steinway M. In your replies none of you mentioned that there should be a fee for an evaluation. If the client does not pay a fee a technician is under no obligation to provide the service. If the technician is bidding on a rebuilding job and he must first evaluate the piano, he can absorb the cost of his evaluation or he can charge it as a separate and distinct fee. (I suggest the latter.) If the client pays the evaluation fee, the technician is obligated to provide a written evaluation (or a written estimate of the rebuilding charges if that is the case). What the client does with the written evaluation is up to the client. Remember, a technician who is evaluating a piano is providing a professional service and should be paid for that service. Fred ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred W. Tremper, RPT Morehead State University Morehead, KY 40351 f.trempe@morehead-st.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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