This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks for the responses. A few comments below: Terry Farrell The piano was originally donated, and either the donor or=20 his/her descendents and all their friends are still sitting out there=20 watching, if not listening. Ron N I'll bet the piano belonged to the church, not the band. Seems like = they, the band, should invest in a good Korg or something.=20 Alan R. Barnard Neil Young hauls an old upright around with him, it must be a personal preference. If you're saying this is the resident church piano, it's a great opportunity to suggest upgrading. Dave Davis I don't know of any touring group that carts around a grand, and not = very many that trust the local venue to have a decent grand available = for "rock" groups.=20 John Stroup Indeed, I should have made provided more details. The piano did not = belong to the church, it travelled with the band. Yes, I've seen and = heard Neil Young's old upright several times - a real gem. He has also = done a few tours with his own S&S D. On the other=20 hand, if this was an out of the blue, or someone with a history of last=20 minute emergencies when they have had the event scheduled for six = months,=20 I'd charge them more like triple. Ron N 2.5 your usual rate for Holiday plus your usual labor rate X 2.5 for any time they have you "cooling your heals". Don Rose Tuning on a Sunday is automatically Double. Concert Tuning is again Double. Short-sighted Concert Tuning w/idiots allowing only ONE hour would be Quadruple! Add all that together and my = fee would be SIX times my normal rate!!!!!!!!! (and NO I'm not kidding!) = This sort of gig can afford that and should pay it, IMHO. Joe Garrett As to fees, you left out some info like: Is the church a customer? How = did they get your name? Why the short notice? Etc. As to charging = extra: It seems to me that price should be negotiated before the = work--especially if there are "extras" or extraordinary circumstances = like this. That prevents hard feelings, arguments, and bad publicity. As = to doing it on Sunday afternoon: That would have been a deal-buster for = me as I will not work on Sundays and their lack of prior planning hardly = makes this an "ox in the mire," as it were. Alan R. Barnard Again, sorry for lack of details. Another local tech is the regular = tuner for this mega-church. He was "not available". The church guy = mentioned to me that he had called a whole bunch of tuners before he got = me to commit. So yeah, this was "out of the blue" (and into the black?). = I think I like Joe's suggestion the best: 6X! Your problem was with the local promoter who had the contract calling = for a tuner for at least a couple of months and didn't bother to arrange = it. Typically, Contemporary Christian bands are not flush with money. It = is all tied up in equipment. Jars of Clay might be better off than most, = but this was still the fault of the promoter, not the band. John Stroup My problem? What problem? This was an opportunity! No problem. I think = the only problem that might have arisen would have been if they were not = able to find a piano tech - then someone may have been looking for the = one at fault. Of course I would always prefer to schedule something like = this weeks in advance, but I don't mind last minute calls. Hey, either I = want to do it, or I just say I can't do it. I tuned an old Acrosonic on = Thursday - I had my first appointment scheduled for 1 PM. This lady = calls at 10:30 AM and tells me that her piano just went out of tune this = morning and that she was having a big Christmas party that evening = (actually she was honest - she said she had simply forgotten). I = happened to be at a convenient break point in the shop so I told her I = would do it, but that I would add on for my travel time because I would = have to make a special trip to her area. Worked for me, worked for her - = it was another opportunity! ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/71/5a/3a/e4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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