What Percentage?

[Farrell]

I just read an article in the New York Times about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, aka, the shrinking middle class. Guess which end of the spectrum most piano technicians are at. Please keep that in mind this November - and vote. I hear Jimmy Carter will be in Florida this November!  :-)

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 2:31 PM
Subject: What Percentage?


> Hmmm? I would have thought this original query would have brought more
> comments. I went to the website for the cost of living index. There was,
> available, a calculator. I ran the numbers of what the "good" tuners were
> charging in 1972, when I first started in this business. The tuners of that
> time, in my area, were charging between $25.00 and $30.0 for a regular
> tuning. Using the little calculator: @ $25.00 in 1972, the equal dollar
> value today is......(drum roll!)<G>: $108.25!!!!
> That figure is, I'm sure, much higher than what current Tuners are charging,
> in my area.
> Assuming that the $30.00 figure, (of 1972), was what the "better" tuners
> were charging, then todays equivilant would be:.........(Big Drum
> Roll!!!)[G]: $129.90!!! Wow!
> I have a feeling we have not kept up with inflation. Anyone care to comment?
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> 
> Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
> 
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