<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Geoff,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not a piano tech at this point, but might be one someday (is that like I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV?). But I can relate as I have been in service businesses in the past (TV and appliances). The way I see it is that your time is worth so much per hour no matter what you are doing. I would charge the same. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=thetuner@ivories52.com href="mailto:thetuner@ivories52.com">Geoff Sykes</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:Pianotech@Ptg. Org">Pianotech@Ptg. Org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 22, 2006 7:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yet another billing question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=187565222-22052006>Greetings all --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=187565222-22052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=187565222-22052006>I have a customer with a home studio and for whom I tune their Yamaha C2. They recently acquired an old Fender Rhodes, a Clavinet and an old Wurlitzer electric piano. All three are in working order but they need tuning. I have never tuned any of these but I have done the research and know what the procedure is, and I'm confident that I can pull this off. But I'm having trouble deciding how much to charge for the job(s). Less than 88 notes, no unisons, but I still have to open it up and adjust some sensitive mechanics, and it's still a job for a tuner. So today's question is: of those of you who tune electrics, what percentage of your full rate do you charge? Or do you just charge full rate anyway?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=187565222-22052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=187565222-22052006>With experience I learn to be less naive. But I'm still glad this list is here.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=187565222-22052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=187565222-22052006>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=187565222-22052006>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>