labor rates

[Don]

Hi David,

I get so tired of piano technicians underpricing
themselves. Either the client pays or you pay. There
are no other choices.

>Say your hourly rate is only $50.  Then just the
>labor to reglue an ivory is $25, if it takes a half
>hour, and that's if the the ivory wasn't missing.  I
>can think of very very few piano owners that would
>pay that much for just one key.  Maybe the people
>with nice grands that have almost-pristine ivories. 
>Everybody else would just say, "Forget it; I'll
>stick it on myself with Crazy Glue!"
>    What one should charge and what people will pay
>are two different things.  
>    --David Nereson, RPT

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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
3004 Grant Rd, Regina, SK, S4S 5G7
Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts

http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/

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