Corey, Yes! Figure out what your hourly rate is for labor and charge accordingly for any extra work above and beyond your regular fee for a service call. Terry Neely SimsPiano@AOL.COM wrote: > This is my 1st post to this group. I've been tuning for money for almost one > year now and business is still slow. But I love it and plan to continue > since it's getting better. > > My question: Today I went to tune and clean an extremely dirty Mason and > Hamlin console. The owner knew it was dirty and I said I may have to charge > a little extra if I have to take the keys out to get all the dog hair and > ashes and dust which are gunking up the keys and action. Well this piano > looked like a haunted house, with dusty, sooty, spider webs and a truckload > of dirt and grime and dust, etc. I vacuumed everwhere I could and used some > little tiny attachments since I don't have an air compressor. 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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