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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hazen:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>As you can see from my other post on this subject I =
don't
always fill up 1.5 hours. I too have people who want only tuning =
and
nothing else. I schedule a maximum of 4-5 appointments per day if =
I am
filling the day with tuning which means I allocate a maximum of 1.5 =
hours,
unless I am aware of additional work to be done in advance.
Generally, though, I have enough shop work going that I try and limit my =
scheduled appointments to 3 and spend the rest of the day in the shop
rebuilding. I find that schedule to be pretty ideal. =
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=HazenBannister@cs.com
href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</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> September 22, 2002 6:34 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: ETD's =
accurate?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
09/22/2002 8:33:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <A
=
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n=
et</A>
writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">So in <BR>the 1.5 hours that I normally schedule I pick =
and
choose what will best <BR>serve the customer and focus my energies =
there.
If additional work is <BR>needed I schedule another =
appointment.
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 =
face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>David, <BR>Just =
being
inquisitive,what do you do, at a regular =
customers,home,school,church,if there
is nothing to do but tune? I charge so much for a tuning,pitch =
raise,anything
that gets done,but a lot of times,on regular customers that I've =
seviced for
years,all it needs is tuning. <BR>Best, <BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT>
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