Grand Island Tuner

Ron Lindquist rrlindquist@g2a.net
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:14:01 -0500


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At 10:35 PM 9/17/2002 -0700, you wrote:

> >The national average for a tuning is $75?
>
>Man oh man.  This really, truly pisses me off, to see such an incredibly
>low figure published as the national average.
>
>Is your time worth less than a plumber? A phone repairman? a mechanic at
>a car dealer?
>A waiter in a fancy restaurant?
>
>Mine isn't.  I have said for years and years that we as a community
>deeply undervalue our time, our dedication, our skill, and our worth.  If
>this figure isn't proof of that, I don't know what is.
>
>To tune a piano, I drive to the location; I talk to the client; I set my
>self up; I tune the piano; I enter data into my computer & generate and
>invoice; I talk to the client----that's about a 2.5-3-hour involvement; I
>feel I'm underpaid when I charge $130-135.00. If there's more work than
>tuning (which there usually is, with my clientele) I charge 90.00 per
>hour, and feel pretty good about that.
>
>Let's honor and support each other, guys.  And LET'S GET PAID.
>
>DAVID ANDERSEN
>_______________________________________________
>  Are you the David Andersen from Eagle River Wi that charges  $35 / 
> tuning  and rebuilt  (first time )    High School  S&S O  just for the 
> cost of parts and used 4 different size tuning pins ?  A PTG member.

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