help wanted

[Paul]

Wim
I tune at a store with two other tuners. I charge $20.00/ floor tuning; add
$5.00 for a pitch raise. Tech work and case preps are extra. We do not get
the customer's name until the customer ( or sales person) asks for an
in-home tuning. The requests are divided up among us; it comes out quite
evenly. The only difference is when the customer asks for a specific
technician. I charge the store for warranty tunings and repairs at about a
25% discount.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
To: <Pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 12:45 AM
Subject: help wanted


> Several months ago I asked about how much floor tuners were getting. Now I
am
> getting to the point in my business where I need some help with my tuning
> business. I would like to get someone to do tunings for me, but that I
keep
> the customer.
>
> For those of you who do tunings for a store, or for another tuner, where
you
> do not get to keep the customer for your own files, what percentage of the
> tuning fee do you get? Or to put it another way, do you give the store, or
> the other tuner, a discount on your own tuning fee? If so, how much of a
> discount?
>
> You can respond privately, if you wish.
>
> Willem Blees
>