Scheduling question

[Barbara Richmond]

K KawaiHi Annie,

I have a friend who tunes Tuesday and Thursday and does shop work Monday, Wednesday & Friday.  Somehow he makes it work.

For big jobs, I look ahead in my schedule for a block of time, though there may be tunings here and there in that time, too.  How it all works out depends on how big the job is and how far in the future I'm booking it.

I've found that I'm a little, no, a lot busier than I want to be.  I just raised my rates and am sticking to my guns about the hours I work and/or how many tunings I'm willing to do per day.  Tornado dreams or the dreams I have about not being able to find the airport gate are always a good indicator that too much is going on!   :-)

When scheduling tunings/service calls, I get as much information from the customer before the apointment and schedule the time I think I might need.  Some techs just plan on tuning and schedule the other work for later; sometimes I do that, too, it just all depends...  


Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois

  

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Annie Grieshop 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:55 PM
  Subject: Scheduling question


  Something amazing has happened, and I would very much appreciate advice from y'all.  

  How do you schedule your time when business gets good enough to keep you hopping?  How do you divvy up your weeks, days, and hours to ensure that you can provide a range of services?  Do you set aside specific time for different types of work?  

  After seven years of hustling to make ends meet (which meant I had more than enough time to work at customers' sites and in my shop), I've moved to a new area which is turning out to be absolutely wonderful.  Today, however, it became very apparent that I'm going to have to become much more careful of my schedule if I'm to take advantage of the work opportunities that are being offered (and still do my best work, of course).

  So I would appreciate hearing how other folks do it.  Thanks!

  Annie Grieshop
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