price raising

[Roy Ulrich]

Here's another 2 cents - standard tuning $65, mileage: 1st 30 miles round
trip @ .35 cents per mile, after that .90 cents per mile round trip.

A couple of years ago I had to pay a guy with a back hoe $65 per hour from
the time he left his coffee on the kitchen table until he returned to that
cup of java. I still resent it. While I can see the cost of the equipment
being amortized in the steep operator fee, I can't justify the same hourly
rate for listening to Dr. Laura and avoiding other traffic.

Same with tuning - I take a little less than my hourly rate on driving, but
it really takes less talent to operate a van. Sure, my time is valuable, but
not THAT valuable, in my humble....

Roy Ulrich

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brown, David" <dbrown@tri-city.org>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:27 AM
Subject: RE: price raising


> I'd like to throw in my two cents here.  I like the extra fee for old
> uprights.  I dread them every time I get involved in such projects.  I
spent
> 3 hours on Friday repairing hammers, reglueing damper felts, etc. and
tuning
> a piece of trash piano.  I charged $65 for the piano and $65 for the
> repairs.  I also should mention that I had to dig through 2 inches of crud
> and dust at the bottom of the piano to find all the missing parts.  I also
> should mention that I had to travel 65 miles one way to the piano job.  Do
> any of you charge extra for extreme mileage?
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J Patrick Draine [mailto:draine@mediaone.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 7:54 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: price raising