<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY= ="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">On a new piano that has been out of= the factory for a month or so I would spend around 8 to 12 hours.  Tha= t would include voicing.  On a piano action in my shop that has had the= parts replaced or rebuilt it could take a week or more.  A typical in = -house regulation that has a keylevel that is pretty close, no bizarre probl= ems and is under 20 years old, a good day will generally do it.  There = are so many variables that this question is very difficult to surmise. = Red flags are Chickerings, Horugel, Brown actions, old no name pot metal br= acket grands manufactured prior to WWII,  Kimball Petites, Petrofs, etc= .  I charge by the hour and from experience can estimate how many hours= that will be.  I usually do all repairs in shop, bushing, pinning, etc= . then deliver and regulate in the piano. With brand new parts I rough it in= at the shop, return it, regulate there and then return a week or so later t= o fine regulate and finish voicing. TP</FONT></HTML>