<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>   Joe-</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG> thanks for the perspective. My thoughts ex= actly.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Dale Erwin</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Pianolover88 queried: "After a bit of research= , and talking with several<BR>techs, I've found that<BR>their time spent han= ging new hammers in a vertical piano varies wildly from<BR>tech to tech; ...= .........yada yada."<BR><BR>If you want to be fair to yourself AND the clien= t use the GPW Repair Labor<BR>Guide. (End of commercial.<G>) Sure, I c= an sling a set of hammers on a piano<BR>in less than 4 hours, but, is it a t= otal job? Not!!!!!!! Anytime you are<BR>making a proposal to a client, take = the time to research the costs of<BR>materials, use the RLG for "average" fa= ir labor times multiplied by your<BR>hourly rate and that should be a good b= asis to WRITE a comprehensive<BR>estimate, for the client. Each piano is dif= ferent, so take ALL things into<BR>consideration before committing. If you a= re talking about a 10 year old<BR>piano with only the hammers shot, (not blo= ody likely), then it would be no<BR>biggie to only take a few hours, w/littl= e or no regulation needed. If it's a<BR>100 year old upright/grand that is t= otally shot, but is worth doing this<BR>sort of work on, then it's going to = be a "pile" of other things in addition<BR>to the "replacement of hammers"! = I'll be giving a class, on this very<BR>subject, in Eugene, in February.<BR>= Anyhoooo, get an RLG from Randy Potter. He publishes and markets it. Yes, I<= BR>do get a residual.<G><BR>Best Regards,<BR>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon= )<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares Are I</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3></FONT> </= DIV></BODY></HTML>