Thanks, bud, for your reasoned reply...I'm just thinkin'....are you tuning pianos for less than $100? Hope not. Anyway, let's say you do four appointments a day, and each appointment averages $125, with pitch raises, little tweaks and whatnot. That's $500. Times four days a week equals $2000. Or---3 pianos a day @ $125=$375. Times a five- day workweek is $1875. Plus one tuning on Saturday makes a cool two grand. Is that way, way far off? Or---look at it another way. What's your hourly rate? I hope it's at least $65 an hour, and I hope you work 30 billable hours a week if you're working full time; that's $1950. Are those numbers too high for your area? What does the highest priced guy in your area get for a tuning and for an hourly rate? > Hey man, I still love ya and all. Right back at ya, bubba. > Don't think I'm mad atcha just 'cause I disagree. You gotta > remember ... we're on the right coast and all. It's different. > Cost of living is way different too. Completely understood; I'd love a correction if my figures are way off. > Real life example and I'll quit. I just got back from my dentist to have a cavity filled. Cost was $58.00. Now, my dentist is on the low end, but a high end price might be a bit less than $100.00. What's it cost out your way? For amalgam (mercury)---the cheapest---it's around $125.00 at a good dentist; for composite, which is not deadly poison---what a concept--- and is actually chemically and electromagnetically neutral, which biological dentists think is crucial, is $175-200. Jus' tran ta heyup, y'all..... DA On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:03 AM, John Formsma wrote: > On Feb 13, 2008 10:14 AM, David Andersen > <david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote: > I've been an acolyte of Ed Foote in the business realm for about 10 > years because he KNOWS what he's worth, and raises his rates EVERY > SINGLE TIME he needs to, usually every 18 months. He's been in the > top 1/2 of 1% of earners in this craft for 30 years. > > Agreed. He gives out top-notch advice about business pricing and > business growth. > > > GO TO THE HIGH END AND STAY THERE. Really. Quit bitching and > complaining about competition and taxes and driving and cheap > clients, and not enough money to go to conventions. If you're a > highly trained, honest, professional craftsperson and you're not > making $2,000 a week, it's you---you have a diminished perception > of yourself and your worth, and other people are picking up on and > responding to that. > > Disagree somewhat, David. I know it might be hard for you to > imagine ... living in beautiful Cali and all ... but there are > other places that are way different than California. <grin> And > it's different when you live in a big city. > > Here in rural Mississippi, I think it would be quite difficult for > a local piano tech to make that kind of money. Yes, it's > possible. But who would want to work that much to earn that kind > of money? A person would need to work 6+ days a week, and long > hours every day to consistently earn that amount. There is so much > more to life than money anyway. To me, it's just not worth that > much input to get that much output. > > > End of mad soliloquy. Out of breath. Must.....rest........ > > > > -- > JF > > www.formsma.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080213/a33b03bc/attachment-0001.html
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