[pianotech] business

[Terry Farrell]

I do charge more per hour for squares. It doesn't hurt my back at all.  
I just hate "tuning" the untunable. Most tech simply refuse to work on  
them. There is a reason for that. I need to have a smile on my face  
while working. Charging more per hour while working on a square puts  
that smile on my face.

If you choose to not charge a different hourly rate for distasteful  
work, then by all means do so.  :-)

Terry Farrell

On Jul 1, 2010, at 11:56 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:

>
> I'm with you William. I up my hourly rate for squares, players, and  
> cleaning piano interiors. I have a flat fee for tuning most pianos,  
> but I charge by the hour for squares and players.
>
> Terry Farrell
> If it take you longer to tune a square, then by all means, charge  
> extra. But don't charge extra just because it's a square, or because  
> it hurts your back.
>
> WIm
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 2:46 pm
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] business
>
> I'm with you William. I up my hourly rate for squares, players, and  
> cleaning piano interiors. I have a flat fee for tuning most pianos,  
> but I charge by the hour for squares and players.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> On Jun 30, 2010, at 4:36 PM, William R. Monroe wrote:
>
>> My take,
>>
>> If you feel a job causes you more work (physical, mental or  
>> otherwise) and you feel inclined to charge more, do so. No one  
>> forces clients to use any one of us and if we have a distaste for a  
>> particular job, we are free to decide whether to take it or not or,  
>> whether to charge more or not. In a case like that, I would offer  
>> to my client that they may be able to find someone to do it for  
>> less, but that is my fee. Charging more, purposefully, does not  
>> equate to gouging. Charging more arbitrarily does.
>>
>>  Wim, getting sore playing racqutball is totally unrelated to work.  
>> There are those that suggest that tuning a square actually is.
>>
>> William R Monroe
>>
>>
>> William R. Monroe, RPT
>> A440-William R Monroe Piano Services, Inc.
>> 314 E. Church St.
>> Belleville, WI 53508
>> 608-215-3250
>> www.a440piano.net
>>
>> On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:40 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> YES! Even squares, for a nominal extra fee to pay for my aching  
>>> back after ward!
>>> I'm sorry, Mike, but this, in my opinion, is not ethical. It's not  
>>> your customer's fault that you have a bad back. That's your  
>>> problem. Either put up with it, or don't accept the work.
>>>
>>> On occasion, after playing a hard couple of rounds of racquet  
>>> ball, my shoulder aches so much I can hardly lift my arm above my  
>>> shoulder. But I don't charge my customer extra because of that.
>>>
>>> You can charge your customer extra because it takes longer to tune  
>>> the piano because the pins are in the back and all the other  
>>> unusual techniques you have to use to tune the thing. But you  
>>> should not charge extra because it hurts your back.
>>>
>>> Just my 2 cents worth.
>>>
>>> Wim
>>>
>

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