Pricing Pinblock Treatments

[John Formsma]

I agree with Dean that the service performed is generallly of a
greater value than what our hourly rates are. It gives life back to
the piano, so it should be worth more.

Yes, a CA job is something a customer could do himself. But it's our
knowledge and experience we're selling. I could repair my plumbing or
home appliances, but I'd rather save myself the cursing. Not to
mention having to make several trips to the hardware/plumbing store to
buy what I need.

I've been doing CA jobs for $150, but have decided to go up. I quoted
$225 for a Wurlie spinet that is beginning to see deterioration.

Way I see it, if I'm going to make two trips (30 miles one way) with a
tilter, I have to charge more.  Now if I'm doing a grand, I would
probably quote less. And I generally try to combine CA jobs with other
service calls.

JF

On 7/20/07, David Nereson <dnereson at 4dv.net> wrote:
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> an upright block, maybe expressed as a percent of tuning fee or hourly
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> Alan Barnard
>  Salem, MO
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> I charged $40 once, then a separate fee for the tuning.  There's a tech
> around here who charges $650  [sic] !!  I don't know how he justifies that
> except for telling the customer that the old way was to replace the
> pinblock, re-pin, and restring for $2500 or so, after which $650 sounds
> "dirt cheap" to them, he says.  I know I'd have an extremely difficult time
> trying to sell the job for any more than about $200 tops.
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