Arlie, We are concert techs for S.W Florida and have been for almost 25 years. The tunings requested are not an unusual amount. We charge per tuning and an hourly standby fee. Every time we touch the piano, whether it's a full tuning or touch up, it's invoiced at a full tuning fee.In your case it would be X 3. The hourly standy is for the time you have to hang around during the concert between tunings. We also require a one hour minimum standby fee so they don't send you away for and hour and call you back expecting not to pay you for wasting your time somewhere else waiting for the next tuning.We have learned from experience that if you act and charge professionally you will be respected as a professional. Remember, the person you are tuning for is probably getting paid $10,000 - $75,000 for performing depending on his draw. Besides, call a Plummer or better still a phone guy from GTE. He charges for every 15 minutes of service.( $90- $120/ hr. in Florida ) We should not let ourselves be intimidated into believing that we are less of a professional than they are, especially in a trade that requires years of experience and education to master. Concert work is very time consuming. Just wait and see. :) Regards, Ed Mashburn,RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: Arlie D. Rauch <adarpub@midrivers.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 10:55 AM Subject: Concert charging > I will be tuning for a George Winston concert later this month. This > is a new opportunity for me, so I am wondering how to charge for it. > I'm not asking for amount, but rather for formula. He requests a > full tuning that day, then a touch-up before the concert, and another > at intermission. > > Any advice will be much appreciated. > > Arlie > -- > Arlie D. Rauch > Glendive, MT > > If you have nothing better to do, check out > http://members.tripod.com/~Turbooster/. You'll be glad you did. >
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