What we charge? (Shuush!)

[Leslie W Bartlett]

I charge$70 in Houston, unless I have to go over it three times or so to
get it close, in which case I charge $100  I guess I'm growing weary of
spending all that time and energy on pianos that people simply
neglect......
les bartlett

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 19:34:59 EST BSimon999@AOL.COM writes:
>Interesting thread.
>
>Somebody asked what people charge for a tuning , and the only people 
>who 
>respond with a dollar figure were two Canadians, a guy in New Zealand, 
>and 
>somebody in Austria. I am sure this will be very useful to the person 
>posing 
>the question if he ever tunes in Canada, Austria, or New Zealand. 
>
>HOLD ON!  ---I just re-read the responses and saw that Brian Trout 
>actually 
>did answer the question of what he charges. Congratulations  to this 
>fellow, 
>who actually has some guts, and to anyone else who answered the 
>question with 
>a dollar figure. 
>
>Seems like Big Brother has got the Americans cowed. (To their credit, 
>they 
>did turn the thread discussion to one of the unfairness of sales tax 
>and to 
>how much plumbers charge. )
>
>Bill Simon
>Phoenix.
>
>P.S. - I do not have a set fee.  It starts at $55.00 and varies with 
>distance 
>to piano, type of piano, when last tuned, on a week-end or not, 
>inconvenience, if it is in a church, etc. Not much of a conspiracy 
>there, Big 
>Brother.

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