What Percentage?

[Don]

Hi Joe,

The tuners are always biting the bullet on price increases. It is
unfortunate. I remember hearing one technician whining at a convention
once--wishing his wife would get a job--so that he could keep on tuning
pianos (at a low rate).

Dealers would like us to charge as little as possible. They would prefer
concert level work at pitch correction prices. I know of one instance where
a dealer has deliberately "imported" tuners for many years to a fairly
large city in Canada (not my city thankgoodness) which has the unfortunate
side effect of "busting prices".

At 11:31 AM 10/20/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hmmm? I would have thought this original query would have brought more
>comments. I went to the website for the cost of living index. There was,
>available, a calculator. I ran the numbers of what the "good" tuners were
>charging in 1972, when I first started in this business. The tuners of that
>time, in my area, were charging between $25.00 and $30.0 for a regular
>tuning. Using the little calculator: @ $25.00 in 1972, the equal dollar
>value today is......(drum roll!)<G>: $108.25!!!!
>That figure is, I'm sure, much higher than what current Tuners are charging,
>in my area.
>Assuming that the $30.00 figure, (of 1972), was what the "better" tuners
>were charging, then todays equivilant would be:.........(Big Drum
>Roll!!!)[G]: $129.90!!! Wow!
>I have a feeling we have not kept up with inflation. Anyone care to comment?
>Best Regards,
>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>
>Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Center of
the Arts

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