This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi List, After scanning all the posts on this subject and trying to remember the = original intent, I have to say:- "G" Piano Works REPAIR AND LABOR GUIDE by Joseph A. Garrett. This is about the closest thing you will get to a labor rate as you can = get. And labor is spelt labour in our country. A normal tune is two hrs labor, a concert tune is three hrs labor. i.e. If your labor rate is $45 per hr the tune rate would be $90 and = $135. If you tune a normal piano in a normal tune and charge $75 then your = hourly rate should be $37.50. If you tune a piano properly in 45 minutes then you are covering the = costs of getting there, booking the job, writing an invoice and etc at a = fair rate because you have the experience to do the job. If it takes = you three hours you are still being paid well because you are learning = and to be paid whilst you are learning is a bonus. Nearly every mechanical repair shop, electrician, electronics tech etc. = has a similar guide. Its worth every penny of it. If you do a job to = slowly, you are learning, if you do it faster you are making what you = are worth. that is if you do it properly. Get a copy of the Guide and price from it. That is my suggestion to all = newbies and some not to new newbies. Me ? I've been doing things on the = same lines for a long time but this Guide allows me to increase my = hourly rate (inflation) yearly and reminds me to put my prices up in ALL = areas when I increase my tuning price. Example Tune in town is $100. Hourly rate $50 Cost to reshape a set of hammers, = 2hrs by $50 =3D $100 plus pickup and delivery. Tune in the country is $140. Hourly rate is $70 Cost to reshape a set of = hammers, 2hrs by $70 =3D $140 plus pickup and delivery. If you reglue a hammer, replace a centre pin, whatever, its in the book = and can be charged out the same way. Works for me. Tony ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/61/21/a6/fe/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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