cost o' living

[James Grebe]

I had that happen once with a square grand.
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: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: cost o' living


> How about they bring the pianos to you?   ;-]
>
> David I.
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>
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> ----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
> From: James Grebe <pianoman@accessus.net>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Received: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 07:45:49 -0600
> Subject: Re: cost o' living
>
>>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
>>>
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