<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Terry, Judging by other responses, I'm plenty soft, I guess.  If I can fit the job into my normal schedule (and I hardly ever can), then I charge the normal rate.  Anything else I consider overtime and add 50% to all my normal charges.  On occasion I choose to not even charge that much. That doesn't cover all scenarios very well.  If someone said they desperately needed me on Christmas Day, for instance, this isn't enough money to make me willing to do it without grumbling, so I guess I should refine my policy.  But such things rarely happen for me, so it doesn't seem too important. Regards, Clyde Farrell wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>BTW, just curious, anyone care to share what they might commonly charge for a concert tuning - on short notice - given only a one-hour window of time - on a Sunday afternoon? I was just going to charge (normal tuning fee) X 2, but I can easily imagine justifying additional fees for the timing of it all, etc.</blockquote> </body> </html>