---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/27/2004 9:35:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, joegarrett@earthlink.net writes: Pianolover88 queried: "After a bit of research, and talking with several techs, I've found that their time spent hanging new hammers in a vertical piano varies wildly from tech to tech; ............yada yada." Reality check for time- Fictious job costs Time to sell job, pickup action, kibitz with client, drive time 2 hr. average Order hammers 10minutes Remove old hammers 1` minutes Shape, bore, prep old shanks 2 hr. Hanging time average 2 hr. Realign in piano, file bass hammers to mate with unisons 2 hr. Time spent juicing & needling . Depends on piano 0 to2 hr. Additional complications coulds arise increasing cost of job 8-10 hours Cost of hammers Ronsen wholesale 180.oo Markup 90.00 tax on parts $370.00 Labor rate times 8-10 fictious labor rate $50.00 per 500.00 870.00 Next job---Regulation how much depends ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a5/cc/3c/75/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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