Grand Regulation Fee

[Avery Todd]

Ray,

At 11:53 AM 6/21/05, you wrote:
> > I've read a lot about tuning fees recently, but what about a complete
> > grand regulation that takes anywhere from 10 to 20 hours depending on
> > the original condition of the action?  These all seem to come to my
> > direction since there are no other techs nearby who wish to do this
> > work.

It's probably not because they don't "wish" to do this work. It's more
likely because they don't know HOW to do this work! Over the years, I've
made a good bit of money because of that! I agree with David's post below.
Go for it! :-)

Avery

> >
> > Ray
>
>
>Hi Ray---You are in a great position; you need to capitalize on it.  Because
>you're willing and able to do complete piano service, you can charge more
>than anyone else.  What's your hourly rate? Charge that; you can give a
>discount for being in one place all day, or two days---say, 20%.
>
>Example: 20 hours @ $75.00/hr= $1500.00
>                     or
>          2 long days @ $600/day= $1200.00
>
>Congratulations---this is the kind of thing I'm talking about.  Become "the
>guy" in your area by offering complete piano service; be a Golden Rule
>person, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel to make good money.
>
>David Andersen
>
>
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