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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or send them here... white or off-white standard
supply house tops w/fronts $150.00. Three day turnaround in shop.
Return UPS Ground included with prepayment. See my ad in the Journal for
details. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debra Legg</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(ad heading - Quality Piano Key
Service)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">Tom
Sivak</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Replacement Keytops
Pricing</DIV>
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<DIV>Send 'em to Schaff or Walker Piano Service and have them recover
them. They'll come back looking nice, the customer will be happy, and
you can make a buck, too. After all, you've got to go there twice (once
to pick up keys, once to drop them off), you've got to go to the post office
to mail them, you've got to level and space them once they're back in the
piano, and then there's the postage, too; so add an appropriate service fee on
top of the cost of recovering the keys.</DIV>
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<DIV>It would be labor intensive to do it yourself. And, speaking for
myself, they wouldn't come out as nice looking.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Sivak</DIV>
<DIV>Chicago<BR><BR><B><I>John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>There is a guide available, from either
PTG, or Randy Potter, that has the suggested time for different
jobs.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>When I started I didn't charge the
customer for the time it took me, I charged for the time I thought it should
have taken me. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I didn't know about there being a
guide, and at that time, there probably wasn't.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I always felt that the customer should
not be paying for my learning experience.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=hoppsmusic@hotmail.com
href="mailto:hoppsmusic@hotmail.com">Steven Hopp</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> Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Replacement Keytops
Pricing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV> <BR>Hello again,<BR> <BR>I am now proud to say I
am an official associate member of PTG (Austin TX Chapter) and am looking
forward to testing and RPT status in the future. My question is as
follows:<BR> <BR>What is a fair retail price for new white
keytops? Black Keytops? Labor plus materials? About how
long does it take an experienced person (of which I am not in this area)
to do the job? I am looking at it as a learning experience so am
willing to not feel like a huge profit, if any, is necessary. What
would be a good product choice for a Gulbransen console? Thanks
again.<BR> <BR>Steven Hopp<BR>Midland TX<BR><BR>
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