<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> For the average dealer ??? you wont get much past a tuning... and a quicky at that. At least thats been my experience. Next step up seems to be a  decent tuning and a regulation check... maybe tighten a few plate screws... no more then 3 hours. Some dealers tho are into getting as much out of a piano as they can, and I've seen upto 10 hours used on preps... but this  is rare. RicB Piannerman@aol.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>People,       I am in need of some professional information that some of you can supply and I would be grateful if you will share.  I really need to know how much time I should budget to do a dealer prep on a new piano.  NOT PRICES, JUST TIME.      Now before I get any irate answers about different pianos requiring different times, I understand all that.  These particular pianos are Chinese and I understand they will require more time than a Yamaha.  (At least I've been told that.)      What I crave is like, what would be your best guess as to how much time would be required to do a dealer prep on an average piano, in average condition, for an average dealer.  I know a lot of assumptions will have to be made and I apologize for being so vague but I have not done a dealer prep and am not sure what all you need to do.  I am assuming you check all tolerances like blow, dip, letoff, etc. and adjust to spec. Thanks a bunch, Charles Cron  </blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>