Excellent question... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Isaac Sadigursky" <irs.pianos@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: 2/24/2006 6:40:17 PM Subject: RE: charging for downtime? >Hi,Paul! Here is my 1/2 cent.. >I always arranged tunings AFTER school hours.It's nice and quiet.Make >friends with custodians,they are THE BOSSES,Eventually,they will trust you >the MASTER kEY to get to the classrooms without looking for them all over >the building.I used to stay late and get home AFTER the traffic with no >problems.In emergency situations I got there at 6-6:30 A.M. and was done >BEFORE the class periods.Down time?? Doesn't exist:go to hardware store,look >at your suppliers catalog and order some parts,do some office work in the >car,re-organize your tools-lots of things to do >without getting bored. Hope,this free advice helps... Isaac >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Paul Mulik >Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:25 PM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: charging for downtime? >Hello list, >Here is a situation I will be facing next week (times adjusted for the sake >of simplicity). >I've been hired to tune 3 pianos at a school which is about 20 miles away. >Two of the pianos are in the same room; the third is in a different room. >Because of class schedules, the first two must be tuned between 8:00 a.m. >and 12:00 noon (no problem there), but the third one is only available after >2:00 p.m., leaving me with a two-hour gap. >Here's the question: is it reasonable to charge something for the two hours >of downtime? I've already cut them a break on the tuning price, since there >are six pianos involved (I tuned three today, and am going back next week to >do the other three). >Thanks, >Paul Mulik, Joplin MO >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC