Today I had to put new hinges on a piano bench and also a lid prop which it apparently never had which would explain why the hinges were broken. I did *not* charge the normal hourly rate, because it took me longer than I thought it should have. Clyde Clyde Hollinger wrote: > Corey, > > Welcome to the list. I charge the same hourly rate for everything I do unless I > have a predetermined standard fee for some things that usually take about the > same amount of time for each piano. Cleaning the inside of a piano can't be done > by the cleaning lady; it is very specialized work. > > But four hours is a long time for cleaning, so for sure you would want to give > the client an estimate before you start so they don't raise the roof later. When > giving the estimate you might also want to politely say that you require that the > work be done before you will do anything else, if you feel that way, then be > prepared to walk away from the whole job if they refuse. (You would still charge > for your evaluation, of course.) > > Regards, Clyde > > SimsPiano@AOL.COM wrote: > > > Shortening > > the story, it took me about 4 hours to get the piano clean enough for me to > > tune! And this was really some sweaty nasty work. (Thank God for my dust > > mask.) > > > > Do most of you charge an hourly rate for something like this based on your > > tuning fees (eg, where a tuning would be 2 hours of this rate)?? > > > > Thanks a lot, > > Corey Sims > > RTP Chapter, North Carolina
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