It is yet quite often that some French shops send their intensive rebuilding jobs to be made in Poland. Best Regards. Isaac OLEG ------------------------------------ Isaac OLEG accordeur - reparateur - concert oleg-i@noos.fr 19 rue Jules Ferry 94400 VITRY sur SEINE tel: 033 01 47 18 06 98 fax: 33 01 47 18 06 90 mobile: 033 06 60 42 58 77 ------------------------------------ > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > part de Kuang Wang > Envoye : dimanche 21 decembre 2003 00:28 > A : 'Pianotech' > Objet : RE: comparative labor rates ... > > > Maybe one day some company will start restore pianos overseas where > qualified labors are available. It really doesn't cost much to ship > pianos in a container. Two way trip shouldn't cost more > than a grand and > labor won't cost you more than $500 per piano. > > Here in the US it costs at least $5k to fully restore a > piano because of > the labor cost (sometimes a lot more). I can see problems > with quality > control and customer confidence. But if you only restore > your own 20 > Steinways and M&H you will only have quality control problem. > > Kuang > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of J Patrick Draine > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 5:36 PM > To: Pianotech > Subject: comparative labor rates ... > > List, > We just had some heating system & plumbing work done at our > home. Now, > the guys we chose for the jobs were much more professional > and skilled > than the ones who we have previously used. It's not surprising that > they expect to be well compensated for work well done. But .... > $175.00 per hour, Master Plumber > $ 85.00 per hour, #2 guy (presumably Journeyman plumber, > quite young) > Using "cheeper" contractors in the past only lead to the > problems that > these guys had to fix. > So, $6K later, one reflects ... perhaps it's time to adjust my own > rates (or tune more pianos). > > Meanwhile, zillions of jobs (software, banking, customer > service) are > going overseas thanks to this cool internet technology I'm > enjoying at > this very moment, and considerable numbers of previously > well employed > past customers are downsizing their employment expectations. > > Hoping for a Happy New Year, > Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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