prices for tuning in your country?

[Susan Kline]

Welcome, Gregor. It's good to have someone from Germany visiting with us.

I've been charging $70 U.S. at home, or $80 on the coast, which is an 
hour's drive away.
I've decided to raise both of those $5 in September. I think that many in 
the big cities charge more than this. Maybe a few charge less in some parts 
of the country. (I live in Oregon, near the west coast.)

I made the same decision as you did about full rebuilds, both from the time 
involved, and also the cost of maintaining a large shop facility. I do 
tuning and any repairs which can be done on site ("ambulant repairs" ... 
interesting way of saying it) or brought back home in my car. The tuning 
pays the best for me, though I like some of the repairs, especially of 
interesting pianos. I think that good rebuilding is a specialty which in 
most cases deserves someone's full or nearly full attention.

Best wishes,

Susan Kline (RPT)