What would you charge to repace a 1911 Steinway upright action and regulate ???

[Willem Blees]

Thump

Don't ask us what we would charge. Ask yourself how much money you?want to make on this thing. 

Add up what the?parts will cost you, and double that. Next, estimate how long you think it's going to take you to do all the work,?and double that time. (We always think we can do something faster than we really can). Multiply that?times?your tuning rate. (While you're working on pianos, you can't tune other pianos). Add that to the?retail price of the parts, and you'll have?your figure. 

If this is for?a customer, tell him/her how much it is going to be to restore the piano. If he/she accept the contract, you're making money. If he/she doesn't, don't worry about it, because?you'll make money tuning and repairing other pianos. But don't lower your price, because that?will cost you money. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Prof. Euphonious Thump <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 6:45 pm
Subject: What would you charge to repace a 1911 Steinway upright action and regulate ???



Dear Everybody,
     I've never replaced one of these double-flange
actions, and fully regulated it, and wonder what's the
"going rate" for this  work. ( Using Tokiwa butts and
wippens, Ronsen Wurzen hammers. )
     I'm also curious what y'all would charge to
restring one of these K-52's ??? ( with Larudee
lo-torque pins, Arlege bass strings & MapesIGS wire. )
    The pinblock board and bridges are astonishingly
well preserved, so I'll leave them, but would also
like some suggestions for "livening" the first note
after the tenor/low treble break ( A pretty  "thunky"
note on this piano, even though the bridge is not  cut
out at all for the plate strut to pass over. )
     Thanks!
 G




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