Hi Keith, How much would you say you would charge for labor for the same job now? James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G pianoman@inlink.com Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in St. Louis, MO -----Original Message----- From: kam544@earthlink.net <kam544@earthlink.net> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 9:11 PM Subject: Re: Plastic parts >>...Instead of replacing the back check, the jacks and the flanges, wouldn't it >>have been much easier, and less time consuming, to replace the whole >>wippen?... >>Wim > >Bob A., Wim, List, > >I re-examined my records and discovered I took the route you mention, Wim, >back in September 1980. > >Here are the figures: > >Damper levers - $40.18 >Wippens - $95.94 >Tax - $5.44 >Labor - $80.00 > >Seemed like a fortune back then to charge that much. What a hoot! That >was three years before my initial contact with the Piano Technicians Guild. > >Keith McGavern >kam544@earthlink.net >Registered Piano Technician >Oklahoma Chapter 731 >Piano Technicians Guild >USA > >
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