[Fwd: Re: Two Different Worlds ... was Kimball Consolette keytop problem]

[Mike Spalding]

Yeah, it's amazing the trouble you can get into by trying to be brief, 
and not belaboring every detail.  How can so few lines have so much to 
read in between them?  Said another way, most actions that need bridle 
tapes need a lot of other stuff too.  So in the context of doing all the 
stuff, the bridle tapes are a small addition.

Mike

Alan R. Barnard wrote:
> Uh, oh. You just opened yourself up for a barrage of comments, re: "that's all they're for, anyhow". 
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> Stand by ...... Incoming ......
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> Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
> Joshua 24:15
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> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Mike Spalding" <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>
> To: tune4u at earthlink.net, "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Received: 01/29/2007 5:42:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Two Different Worlds ... was Kimball Consolette keytop problem
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>> Alan,
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>> From world 1.62:  I can't remember ever doing just bridle tapes by 
>> themselves.  If the action needs work that requires removal, then I add 
>> an hour and a half to the job for the tapes (so I can re-install the 
>> action - that's all they're for, anyhow).  That time is just for the 
>> tape replacement, there's other money in the job to get the action out 
>> of the piano and into the cradle in my shop.  BTW, it's no coincidence 
>> that the G Labor Guide lists the job at 1.5 hours.
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>> Mike
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>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Original message
>>> From: pianolady50 at peoplepc.com
>>> To: "Pianotech List"
>>> Received: 01/29/2007 4:38:52 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Two Different Worlds ... was Kimball Consolette keytop 
>>> problem
>>>
>>> Awww gee, Alan, you're causing me to need to post on this again.  
>>> Short message....hopefully we are all charging reasonable rates for 
>>> what ever service, for our financial needs, and for the region in 
>>> which we reside.  The economics of living in CA are quite different 
>>> from those in FL, ME vs NY, etc.  Sometimes we just need to do a 
>>> little shopping around for the customer to see what is available.
>>>  
>>> Debbie 
>>>  
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>>     *From:* Alan R. Barnard <mailto:tune4u at earthlink.net>
>>>     *To:* ilvey at sbcglobal.net <mailto:ilvey at sbcglobal.net> ;
>>>     pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>
>>>     *Sent:* Monday, January 29, 2007 2:49 PM
>>>     *Subject:* Two Different Worlds ... was Kimball Consolette keytop
>>>     problem
>>>
>>>     Okay, I think I see why I was getting beat up here, about the
>>>     whole keytop business. We are talking two entirely and distinctly
>>>     different worlds:
>>>
>>>     World Number 1
>>>     World Number 2
>>>
>>>     Anyway, as to the comment, /"That's too low. The best in the
>>>     business, such as Yvonne Ashmore charge to technicians
>>>     $215 Customer should be paying $400+". /Can you see how
>>>     upside-down the economics are ... charging more than the piano's
>>>     value for keytops, in many cases? Yet I can do the job myself,
>>>     profitably and more than "good enough" for the wholesale prices of
>>>     the custom shops. And the customer is thrilled.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Alan Barnard
>>>     Salem, MO
>>>     Joshua 24:15
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>>>       
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