<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/13/04 1:48:55 PM Central Daylight Time, McNeilTom@= aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, suppose I do a service call for = the local church, three pianos.  One of these is the grand piano in the= sanctuary, in regular, somewhat critical use; tuned about four times per ye= ar.  The second is a 20-year-old studio upright in the choir room, twic= e a year.  The third is a 105-year-old upright in the fellowship h= all with a shot pinblock, semitone low in pitch, most of the keytops mi= ssing, but is still used occasionally and gets tuned every other year if som= ebody remembers.  </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Tom</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for your detailed response. However, you went way beyond th= e purpose of the original post. I also tune for churches where I'm= there two or three times a year. In those cases I charge my regular fee, an= d give them a discount if I tune more than one piano on one appoin= tment</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What I was looking for is my current situation, where I tune one piano = once a month, and other pianos on a regular basis, plus, extra for repa= irs at my normal rate. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>