In a message dated 98-06-30 21:23:57 EDT, you write: >> I am curious to know whether others on this list think there is more money in tuning or repair? To be clearer, I am talking about the repair necessary to take the piano to your shop to do it? Quite honestly, I would love it if I never had to do anything more than simple repairs and had somebody, like John, that didn't want to do tuning; we could trade work. I am not very fast at the repairs, I do not have a shop, as such, and don't really want one, I would rather tune, do regulations, voicing, and simple repairs. The most I ever want to bring home is an action. I use to think that if I had a shop, I would only want to do major repairs to pianos that I owned, then sell them, but I gather from comments on this list in the past that there is no real money in that, either, if you consider your time as money. Comments? Arnold Schmidt, Raleigh, NC Arnold1@Mindspring.com Sometimes it is hard to tell but usually at the year end I look and see most of my income is from tuning. The reason is I have a lot of repeat customers. You can earn a lot of extra money in repairs, selling extra work like action regulation, reconditioning etc. Tuning is the cake, repairs and even rebuilding is the frosting. For what its worth. Dave Peake, RPT Portland, OR
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