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<DIV>Wim said: "The charge for the ivory twice what you paid for it..". =
I
can<BR>live with that.<G> ",plus a few bucks to put them on." This =
I can't
live<BR>with!<BR>To properly Replace an Ivory head/tail, it takes =
appoximately 1
hour to do<BR>the job right, IMO. So....., you should charge a retail =
price for
the Ivory<BR>Head or Tail, Plus one hour of your "Shop Rate". If you are =
simply
regluing<BR>a "recent" ivory "fall off", then, at least 1/2 hour would =
be
required. (And<BR>no charge for the Ivory.</DIV>
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<DIV>Say your hourly rate is only $50. Then just the labor to =
reglue
an ivory is $25, if it takes a half hour, and that's if the the ivory =
wasn't
missing. I can think of very very few piano owners that would =
pay
that much for just one key. Maybe the people with nice =
grands
that have almost-pristine ivories. Everybody else would just say, =
"Forget
it; I'll stick it on myself with Crazy Glue!"</DIV>
<DIV> What one should charge and what people will pay =
are two
different things. </DIV>
<DIV> --David Nereson, RPT </DIV></BODY></HTML>