Greetings, I have a bunch of different tuning prices. I charge the school $80 per tuning, even if I go in the hall three days in a row and spend less time on the two following days. Same price for the practice rooms and teachers studios. I have no benefit package with the school, it is all on oral contract. I charge the recording studios $109.25. Or more, depending on what happens. Had one last week that needed to be dropped 12 cents and tuned to the nth degree for a master recording session. I had 80 minutes before the drum-sounds began. I charged $125 for that. I don't pursue this kind of account because of the time-pressure ratio ain't mellow enough for me, nowadays. But, they do pop up at times. My regular, customers-in-their-homes I charge $125 to tune, and they know other stuff like pedal lube or minor regulation tweaks will increase that. This includes all the piano faculty and teachers I tune for at home. First time customers are told, early on, that the first visit is a little higher, usually $150. Tunings go up to around $150 when I am out of town to tune, but it is more likely that those tunings are going to accompany a fair amount of other work so an hourly price of $100 is more likely to just cover the tuning time along with all the rest of the work. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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