Hi James, Sounds worse than it probably is, a lot of tuners in the U.K. don't retire they just die, and it has been known for one or two of them to die on the job. I cover roughly a 25 mile radius which incorporates a lot of small towns and some rather large ones, I am geographically well placed in between two of the largest towns in England. Out of the piano tuners that I have mentioned, most of them appear in the four Yellow pages which covers my area, it used to be one. Out of the 23 plus tuners only six of us, belong to a professional organisation. 2 ABPT 4 PTA and 3 have duel membership in the IMIT. in our country, professional organisation set a minimum fee, members tend to keep to the minimum fee. The fee for my area is £22.00 but I charge £28.00 for regular customers. A mere pittance, to the prices some on the list have been quoting for their work. Even tuners in the more affluent areas of South of England can only get away with £40.00 per tuning. Take care, Barrie. In article <199710191150.GAA02599@thor.inlink.com>, pianoman <pianoman@inlink.com> writes >Dear Barrie, >You really have some fierce competition statistics. In order for you all >to survive someone is doing their homework and their must be a lot higher >proportion to people and pianos than over here. Good for you. >James Grebe >R.P.T. from St. Louis >pianoman@inlink.com >"Take me through the darkness to the break of the day" > -- Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour The UK PIano Page | pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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