I added a increase tuning price last spring to cover the higher gasoline cost. It probably is a wash. I am not making any more profit, just putting myself in a higher tax bracket. Gasoline costs are going to do the country in unless we find another way of getting around with our tool boxes. Jim James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@comcast.net> To: <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 5:48 AM Subject: cost o' living > > On Nov 13, 2004, at 2:00 AM, David Ilvedson wrote: > >> Terry, >> >> You don't want to think about the cost of living in California right on >> the coast in La La Land... >> >> David I. > > I know we've all absorbed the costs of the past year's gasoline price > jump, but folks in the north are looking at a 37% increase in home heating > oil (gas heat is up too but not that much). That had been a bit abstract > (gloomy projections in the business section), but the temperature's been > in the 20s most mornings this week, and there's five inches of snow on the > ground today. The good news? With the heat going full blast, the pianos > will be going out of tune fast. But will the heating budget eat up the > "discretionary funds" used for luxuries like a properly tuned piano? It > seems time for another price adjustment of my own. > Life in the Northeast, > Patrick Draine > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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