I'd say that the pricing, for the plumber, is too high... David I. ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Don <pianotuna@yahoo.com> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:35:46 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer installation >Hi all, >Pricing in general is too low. I just paid the plumber $213.45 for putting >in a new wax washer. He was in the house less than 30 minutes. The part >retails for $2.25. >At 10:15 AM 4/11/2005 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Jeff, >> >>For me the difference is minimal. Grand parts are more expensive and grands >>take longer to regulate, but verticals are more frustrating and difficult to >>work on. This aggravation factor is, for me, the thing that drives the price >>of vertical work up approaching that of a grand. >> >>BTW, It is not all that difficult to create a spreadsheet template (one for >>grands, one for verticals) that can be used for estimates. I used Newton's >>guide along with Joe Garrett's guide and my experience to come up with >>guidelines for the number of hours for specific jobs. Then as Mary said you >>just plug in your hourly rate for the labor. For parts it is parts cost >>(including shipping) plus markup percentage. Once you have created the >>template estimates are much faster, more consistent and there are built in >>reminders for things easily forgotten. Your templates evolve and become >>individualized too as you modify them over time with your own experiences. >> >>Alan >> >> >>-- Alan McCoy, RPT >>Eastern Washington University >>amccoy@mail.ewu.edu >>509-359-4627 >> >> >>> From: Jeff Olson <jlolson@cal.net> >>> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" ><caut@ptg.org> >>> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:39:19 -0700 >>> To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> >>> Subject: [CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer installation >>> >>> No need to name specific prices -- which would doubtless violate some >>> obscure anti-trust law -- I'm just interested in what people here think the >>> "basic" price differential should be between installing grand and upright >>> hammers, based on the respective labor typically necessary for the two >>> (apart from the obvious purchase differential). >>> >>> After all these years, the question struck me with sudden force when I >>> happened to undertake simultaneously three hammer hanging projects of >>> each -- hammering home, so to speak, the relative difference in effort >>> required. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> JeffO >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 4/7/2005 >> >> >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat >mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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