<div>Steven</div> <div> </div> <div>You're "on the clock". You can't do anything else to make money while you're waiting. It doesn't make any difference if you're tuning, repairing, sweeping the floor, helping set up the stage, or just sitting there waiting, you should be compensated for your time at your normal hourly rate. <br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Steven Sandstrom <sandstromsw@hotmail.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 3:41 am<br> Subject: charge for time<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_863e3fea-a4a2-454f-aacf-79a09ce4152f> <div> I would like to know how you charge for your time when you have to wait around after tuning for a concert? I will be tuning at a small college I take care of for a concert. The group wants me to be there through the sound check until just before the concert starts. I don't have a problem with this, I just wondered if you all charged your normal hourly rate or what? I do a lot of work for the Music Dept. there and they have always taken good care of the pianos. It brings me a lot of work. It is a 70 mile drive to the college so I can't stop by home for awhile. This concert will be in a different building then the Music Dept. so I don't know if I will be able to do any work for the Music Dept. to keep busy. Just wondered how you charge for your time?</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> Thanks,  Steve Sandstrom   </div> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>