Charges

[Delwin D Fandrich]

robert sadowski wrote:
> 
> Dear List,
>      I'm curious how some of you would charge for the following situation.
> I was asked
> to tune at 11:00AM for a concert, wait an hour while the pianist
> rehearsed,remain there for another hour to touch up the piano after the
> pianist rehearsed, and come back at 2:30 to be on call in case of
> problemsduring the concert.  My total time over and above the tuning time
> was 4 hours. True, I did get to meet and hear Peter Serkin for nothing,
> but, any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Bob Sadowski RPT
> Erie, PA

Bob,

During the seventies and early eighties I did quite a lot of this. I
simply charged by the hour. My rate was high enough that I completely
enjoyed sitting around waiting for them to finish their sound checks,
spot the piano, break for coffee, rehearse, move the piano, wait for the
artist, check the lights, set up the sound system, break for more
coffee, check out the drums, etc., etc., etc....

--ddf