<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>I've read a lot about tuning fees recently, but what about a complete<BR>grand regulation that takes anywhere from 10 to 20 hours = depending on<BR>the original condition of the action?  These all seem to come = to my<BR>direction since there are no other techs nearby who wish to do this<BR>work."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ray,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>Obviously, you haven't heard of the "G" Piano Works Repair Labor Giuide! If = you have one, then you didn't read it very = thoroughly!<G></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>Regulation is a Man Hours Item. whatever your Hourly Rate is times the amount of time it = took you to do the work = Cost. </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>As we all work faster/slower than others, such is the  reason for the RLG. It is = an average system that makes it fair to the Client and to = YOU.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Regards,<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>