<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Paul,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I wouldn't feel good about charging the school for this time, I wo= uld just use the time to my advantage.  I'd go in at 9:00, tune the 1st two= before noon, then go and do something novel:  have lunch somewhere besi= des my car.  Or take your walking shoes and get some exercise.  Or both.  Or make all those phone calls you're behind on....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/24/2006 2:26:06 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, tubist@swbell.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Hello list,<BR><BR>Here is a situation I will be facing next week (times adjuste= d for the sake<BR>of simplicity).<BR><BR>I've been hired to tune 3 pianos at= a school which is about 20 miles away.<BR>Two of the pianos are in the same room; the third is in a different room.<BR>Because of class schedules, the= first two must be tuned between 8:00 a.m.<BR>and 12:00 noon (no problem there), but the third one is only available after<BR>2:00 p.m., leaving me= with a two-hour gap.<BR><BR>Here's the question: is it reasonable to charg= e something for the two hours<BR>of downtime?  I've already cut them a break on the tuning price, since there<BR>are six pianos involved (I tuned= three today, and am going back next week to<BR>do the other three).<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Paul Mulik, Joplin MO<BR><BR>_______________________________________________</FONT></BLOCKQUO= TE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>