It's called the "G" Piano Works Labor Guide. Joe wrote it. He might be able to sell it. It is available from the Randy Potter school (in directory & Journal). The labor guide does not suggest specific hourly fees (or any for that matter). It simply suggests the number of hours commonly required for an experienced technician to complete a certain task (and he lists about 500 tasks). Newton Hunt has a similar guide, but is quite a bit less extensive. You need to calculate your own hourly fee. Considering all the hours I work, I could live on $80 per hour. :-) Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <HazenBannister@cs.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 10:41 PM Subject: Re: Fees - revisited > In a message dated 04/12/2002 8:32:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: > > > > Working on so many projects that are reletively new tasks for me, I find Joe > > Garret's and Newton Hunt's labor guides invaluable. They take the worry out > > of what to charge for a job. Example: your first grand pinblock > > replacement. Do you charge $50 per hour for the 40+ hours that you will > > spend screwing it up the first time you try to make one, install it, and > > drill it (and then try again with a second block on the same piano)? No > > way! You charge the going rate @ the 12.5 hours in Joe's labor guide. (And > > you keep replacing it until it comes out properly!) > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > Terry, > Is that at 50.00 an hour,or a 100.00 an hour? I'm not being smart,just > curious, as I've never seen this list.If I charge 80.00 an hour,who's to > say?AlsoJoe,can I get this from you? > Hazen Bannister >
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