Hi all, >> 3/4 time is.... 30 hours per week X 50 weeks =1500 hrs per year or $15 >> dollars an hour. This is without any expenses to speak of for 'anything' >> but personal tools. >For the remaining 1/4 time on your own you incur all the other expenses. >> To this one could reasonably expect to add 3 or 4 "outside" tunings per >> week and then we come to a very livable income don't we? That's nice to think/dream about, Jim, but how long would the new kid on the block need to build up a clientele large enough to supply that constant level of "outside" income? (Instant 150-200 pianos!) If said person is succeeding someone, there may be a residual faculty/cognisenti customer base just waiting. If this a brand new position, the newbie will be competing with the established locals who may or may not have any "excess" customers. ;-} Granted, I'm in a miniscule market, but even "inheriting" the previous tuners customers and faculty it took a number of years before I had enough business to make a noticable difference in my overall income. i.e. - The person who takes the position had better figure a budget to live on only the Univ. salary. >I enjoy disagreeing with you, Jim. >Paul S. Larudee, RPT Me, too. Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College (319)-387-1204 Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Early to rise, and early to bed, makes a man healthy but socially dead.
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