That sounds like a plan...sometimes you can show them how to remove the fallboard on a Yamaha etc... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 Original message From: "Matthew Todd" To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 11/16/2008 2:36:29 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] minimum service charge According to mapquest, it will only take me six minutes to get there from my previous location. If all that's done is to remove the fallboard to remove an object, I will probably let this one slide. She has given me several referrals! TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Noah Haverkamp <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com> wrote: From: Noah Haverkamp <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com> Subject: [pianotech] minimum service charge To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 10:20 PM It depends on how far you have to go and the time it takes to get there. For me,I would not charge more than $40 for this if it took less than an hour to getthere. But i'm in a city with mass transit. If it took more than an hour toget there, I would probably charge $60. Noah Haverkamp FrereKnow-a Piano? http://www.knowapiano.com 347-308-0094 > > > Mrs. Dick Day (Jaryl)> What is the ethical way and amount to charge a service call> to a client who has has lost something through the fallboard> and you are called to remove it?> > I know of a tech who charges $120 per tuning, and his> minimum service call is $120. Removing an object that has> fallen in the piano takes fives minutes, or less!> > What is the correct approach to fairness on me and my> client?> > TODD PIANO WORKS > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081116/1dbcdd27/attachment.html>
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