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<DIV>In a message dated 1/27/2004 9:35:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, joegarre=
tt@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue =
2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Pianolover88 queried: "After a bit of research=
, and talking with several<BR>techs, I've found that<BR>their time spent han=
ging new hammers in a vertical piano varies wildly from<BR>tech to tech; ...=
.........yada yada."</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040> =
<FONT size=4>Reality check for time- Fictious job costs</FONT></FONT></DI=
V>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040> <FONT size=
=3><STRONG> Time to sell job, pickup action, kibitz with client, drive tim=
e 2 hr. average</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> &=
nbsp; Order hammers &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp;  =
; &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp;  =
; 10minutes</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> &=
nbsp; Remove old hammers &nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; 1` minutes</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> &=
nbsp; Shape, bore, prep old shanks =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
2 hr.</STRONG></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040><FONT size=3><STRONG>&=
nbsp; Hanging time average &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
2 hr.</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> &=
nbsp; Realign in piano, file bass hammers to mate with unisons&nbs=
p; 2 hr.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> &=
nbsp; Time spent juicing & needling . Depends on piano &n=
bsp; =
<U> 0 to2 hr.</U></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> &nb=
sp;<FONT size=2><FONT size=3><STRONG> Additional complications cou=
lds arise increasing cost of job</STRONG>  =
;</FONT> &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; 8-10 hours <FONT size=3>&=
nbsp;</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3></FONT>=
</STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> C=
ost of hammers &n=
bsp; =
Ronsen wholesale &=
nbsp; 180.o=
o</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> M=
arkup  =
; &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp;  =
; &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp;  =
; <U> 90.00</U></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040><FONT size=3> tax=
on parts &=
nbsp;  =
; &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp;  =
; &nb=
sp; <STRONG>$370.00</S=
TRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>Labor r=
ate times 8-10 fictious labor rate $50.00 per &=
nbsp;  =
;<U> 500.00</U></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040> =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; <FONT size=3><STRONG> 87=
0.00</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> N=
ext job---Regulation how much depends</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>