<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Here in Laredo Texas the average is $50.00 per hour. We set our studio rates to the equivalent of $45 an hour paid monthly with prorations for school holidays figured into the fee and people are beating the doors down. I am the most expensive piano tech. by a long ways in the area. <div><br></div><div>Piano Guild has a bylaw requiring a fee reflecting respect for the profession. Unfortunately that bylaw hasn't been updated in a very long time.</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew Anderson<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 10, 2008, at 1:52 AM, David Nereson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial Narrow"> </font></div><blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="tubist@swbell.net" href="mailto:tubist@swbell.net">Paul Mulik</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:15 PM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>cost of piano lessons / service in DE?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hello list,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Does anyone know the average price for beginning piano lessons in the Wilmington, DE area? Here in the Midwest, it's about $10 for a half-hour lesson, but I figure everything costs a little more on the east coast. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I am asking on behalf of my brother who has just acquired a Gulbransen spinet (free). He also needs a technician; would anyone here care to take on the job? I have not seen the piano, so I've no idea what kind of shape it's in.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Paul Mulik</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Joplin, MO</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial Narrow">I can't believe anyone is still charging $10 for a half-hour lesson, even if they're still in high school. Here in Denver, I doubt if anybody charges less than $25. I paid a university professor cellist $45 for an hour lesson about 15 years ago. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial Narrow"> --David Nereson, RPT</font></div></div></blockquote></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>