John, I charge the same for verticals and grands. With the grand, you've got to remove the action and protect the keybed. Also, since the tuning pin field is " on display" in a grand, I try to clean it up beforehand so that I'm not CAing a bunch of dust mice to the plate, and I have to be more careful about keeping the CA from going where it doesn't belong. In the end, grands might even be more effort than verticals. Mike John Formsma wrote: > 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: >> >> >> I'm wondering what folks out there are charging, typically, for CA >> treating >> an upright block, maybe expressed as a percent of tuning fee or hourly >> rates. >> >> Also, are you offering a warrantee? >> >> >> >> Alan Barnard >> Salem, MO >> >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> --David Nereson, RPT >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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