It takes attending conventions, trying things out, getting it down to a science, and guaranteeing a certain results before you do it for a customer. I charge the cost of 4 tunings to do it. They are paying for knowledge gained from time and money spent. That's a bargain. Yes, I back up my work. > On 7/20/07, David Nereson 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 Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT University of Utah "Minél több a változás, annál nagyobb az állandoság" The more I learn, the less I know. www.mrykalopiano.com --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070722/e97216a0/attachment.html
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