Grand Regulation Fee

[Ray T. Bentley]

Thanks so much, Guys.  The others just haven't been interested in
putting the effort into learning how to do it.  They'd rather send it to
me.  I got my 25 year RPT pin this year. I've done a lot of regulating
through the years, and try to limit myself to one a month so I can keep
up with all of the other work that comes my way.  I always include
hammer shaping, fine tuning, and some voicing as well as cleaning up the
soundboard, plate, and keybed in the regulation procedure.  Once a
regulation procedure is completed, the word spreads quickly about how
much improvement was noted.

Thanks again for the input.


Ray

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Ray T. Bentley, RPT
Registered Piano Tuner-Technician
Alton, IL
ray@bentley.net
www.ray.bentley.net

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Avery Todd
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:12 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Grand Regulation Fee


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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