Hi Andrew, If this is for a recording, I would plan to stick around all the time they are working with the piano. You could come up with a day rate and just multiply by 10. The thing is, you better not plan to do any other work in that period. Murphy's law obliging, the minute you start another tuning, they'll be on the phone to you. I have a day rate of 450 $canadian plus expenses (meals that you'll have to take downtown etc). If it's for concerts, you could offer them to see/check/tune the piano 3 times a day and let them know at what time you will be there. If they find this acceptable, then charge your normal tuning rate times 30. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 18:40:04 -0500 From: anrpiano at gmail.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] on call tuning rates One of my larger pianos is going out for a 10 day rental for a world famous musician. I have been asked to be on call for the entire time to take care of the piano. The venue manager suggested that I suggest that I just plan on tuning the piano in the morning prior to rehearsals beginning. I have never dealt with such a request and don't relish the idea of being on this person's beck and call for 10 whole days. Yet, if this is what they want I should charge accordingly. What kind of multiple of your going rate would you charge to be on call for 10 days? The venue is between 35 and 60 minutes away depending on traffic. The artist is currently known as Prince. -- Andrew Remillard ANRPiano.com 2211 Curtiss St. Downers Grove, IL 60515 630-852-5058 _________________________________________________________________ Découvrez toute l'actualité de vos amis au même endroit. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660831 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090505/889befe9/attachment.html>
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