<html> <body> HI Ed,               I find it the opposite way. Grand back checks, repetition springs, hammer line etc. takes quite a bit of time.   The removal and installation of the hammers them self will be about the same time. Because of the regulation issues, (always more critical on a grand) it will take me almost twice as long. Regards Roger At 07:37 AM 4/11/2005, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Jeff- In my experience, it almost always takes longer to do approximately equivalent work on uprights. Just to remove hammers, shanks and butts also involves installing the action in a cradle, pulling the bridle tapes, probably removing the hammer rest rail, and finally digging for the screws in the action.  Etc., etc. I recently did an extensive rebuild of an old upright, new springs, new cushions, new butts shanks and hammers, new damper levers.  I'm not in a hurry to repeat the job. Plus, a dismantled upright action takes 2-3 times more storage space than a grand. Is this the kind of answer you were looking for? Hope it helps. Ed Sutton > [Original Message] > From: Jeff Olson <jlolson@cal.net> > To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> > Date: 4/9/2005 9:39:55 PM > Subject: [CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer installation > > No need to name specific prices -- which would doubtless violate some > obscure anti-trust law -- I'm just interested in what people here think the > "basic" price differential should be between installing grand and upright > hammers, based on the respective labor typically necessary for the two > (apart from the obvious purchase differential). > > After all these years, the question struck me with sudden force when I > happened to undertake simultaneously three hammer hanging projects of > each -- hammering home, so to speak, the relative difference in effort > required. > > Best, > > JeffO > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl"> https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> _______________________________________________ caut list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl"> https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a></blockquote></body> </html>