Fees - revisited

[Farrell]

It's called the "G" Piano Works Labor Guide. Joe wrote it. He might be able to sell it. It is available from the Randy Potter school (in directory & Journal).

The labor guide does not suggest specific hourly fees (or any for that matter). It simply suggests the number of hours commonly required for an experienced technician to complete a certain task (and he lists about 500 tasks). Newton Hunt has a similar guide, but is quite a bit less extensive.

You need to calculate your own hourly fee.

Considering all the hours I work, I could live on $80 per hour.     :-)

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HazenBannister@cs.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Fees - revisited


> In a message dated 04/12/2002 8:32:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Working on so many projects that are reletively new tasks for me, I find Joe 
> > Garret's and Newton Hunt's labor guides invaluable. They take the worry out 
> > of what to charge for a job. Example: your first grand pinblock 
> > replacement. Do you charge $50 per hour for the 40+ hours that you will 
> > spend screwing it up the first time you try to make one, install it, and 
> > drill it (and then try again with a second block on the same piano)? No 
> > way! You charge the going rate @ the 12.5 hours in Joe's labor guide. (And 
> > you keep replacing it until it comes out properly!)
> > 
> > Terry Farrell
> >   
> 
> Terry,
>  Is that at 50.00 an hour,or a 100.00 an hour? I'm not being smart,just 
> curious, as I've never seen this list.If I charge 80.00 an hour,who's to 
> say?AlsoJoe,can I get this from you?
> Hazen Bannister
>