[CAUT] False Beats and George Winston

[Willem Blees]

Bill

You asked about how much to charge for waiting from 5 - 8. You should 
charge them your hourly rate. If you do not have an hourly rate, then 
use your tunign fee to figure this out. IOW, if you charge $75 to tune 
a piano, and it takes you an hour, then you're hourly rate is $75 per 
hour. You have to be there from 5 - 8, that's three hours, or $225. 

As far as the complimentary tickets you receive, unless you and the 
venue agreed that the tickets are in exchage for tuning the pianos, 
they should considered a gift to you, as a thank you for doing the 
work, but not as part of your compensation. 

Wim
Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA
205-348-1469 


Quoting maxpiano <maxpiano at sc.rr.com>:

> Last time I tuned for him, I got there at my usual (for this venue) 7
> AM and 
> tuned the piano.  When I was finished, the staff told me he had come
> in 
> after the previous night's show and had practiced through the night. 
> This 
> time, his people have specified that the piano is to be tuned the day
> before 
> the concert, and then be gone over between 4 and 5 PM the day of the
> 
> performance -- with touch-up during intermission.
> 
> This occasion made me cut up an old brass pedal rod for
> string/balance pin 
> working tools, as the previous one got left in a piano a week or two
> ago.
> 
> This venue is 35 miles out of town for me.  I haven't previously been
> asked 
> to make two separate visits for one show.  Since it also involves
> waiting 
> around between 5 and 8 PM, plus hanging around to listen to music
> that 
> doesn't particularly turn me on, I am mulling over how to charge for
> this 
> one.  Any suggestions?  The venue gives me two complimentary tickets
> to 
> anything my wife and I want to attend, so I have to balance that in. 
> And we 
> go every month or so to some fine shows.
> 
> Bill
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Susan Kline" <skline at peak.org>
> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] False Beats and George Winston
> 
> 
> > At 07:54 AM 3/17/2007, Mike wrote:
> >>    Have you seen him come in and use the piano at midnight?
> >
> > I didn't see him, but he made arrangements to come in at night,
> > and apparently spent several hours in the Arts Center, starting
> > about midnight.
> >
> > I'm really impressed that he chatted with Rob for an hour. He
> > was really shy and avoided me, which wasn't a problem. I can
> > understand him wanting to control his surroundings when he
> > performs.
> >
> >
> > Susan 
>