On Jul 1, 2010, at 6:39 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > > Non digital player pianos fall into the same category as squares for > me. I like regulating grand dampers. I don't use clips on bridle > straps. I don't mind tuning cheap spinets. > > Terry Farrell > So should I charge extra to regulate grand dampers and tune the > cheap spinet? When I mean extra, I mean more than my normal hourly > rate. > > Wim > > As you can see above, I don't charge more for tuning a cheap spinet. I do charge a higher hourly rate for squares and non-digital players. The higher hourly rate is pretty easy to quote over the phone. I also tell them my tuning fee for "normal" pianos and that squares and non- digital player pianos often take approximately 25% to 50% more time to tune. That way they are quite well informed. Quite simply I find these pianos a pain in the a$$ and they take more time to tune - so I want to charge more. Problem? Terry Farrell On Jul 2, 2010, at 1:12 AM, Matthew Todd wrote: > David, > > I was responding to Wims post and Terry's reply about charging more > for tuning a cheap spinet. > > Obviously we can't quote a price over the phone about a > dysfunctional key, since there could be over 35 reasons why it > doesn't play. > > What I was responding to was the fact that Wim asked if he could > charge more for tuning a cheap spinet. Well, customers really > expect a price for a tuning over the phone, and how could we do that > if we charged based on the condition of a piano we haven't seen yet? > > TODD PIANO WORKS > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > http://www.toddpianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100702/d4612c76/attachment.htm>
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