This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/related attachment Hi Joe, Good to see you in Nashville. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I. You say you charge $100 for a tuning, but plan/(schedule) 2-1/2 hour appointments for a "tuning, touchup regulation and minor voicing". So what do you charge for your standard 2-1/2 hour appointment? I presume that would work out to your on-site hourly rate? Same for shop? And what is the difference between a Square Grand and a Square Piano? As in a Spinet Grand? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:58 AM Subject: Re: price fixing -- sort of > Mark asked: "Along the lines of pricing, do you charge an additional > percentage or > surcharge for Sunday or holiday tunings?" > > Mark, > You betcha! Triple on Sundays, (my designated REST day), and Double on > Holidays, (the regular type), AND Quadruple on Christmas and New Years days. > While I'm at it: Double for Square Grands, Triple on Square Pianos and 25% > more for Overdamper Uprights and Players. My current Shop Rate is $55 per > hour. My Tuning rate is $100, for a first time client, (if it's a standard > tuning w/in 5cents of on pitch). Pitch raises are $25, $50 & $75 for less > than 25cents, less than 50cents and anything over 50cents respectively. > Concert Work starts at $125 and goes up from there. I plan 2 1/2 hours for > tuning, touchup regulation and minor voicing. If the piano needs more than > that then the Hourly Shop Rate applies. I don't differentiate between City > and Country folks. My Travel is: Anything more than 100 miles from my front > door, round trip is at a rate of $1 per mile. BTW, I do give discounts: 10% > off for regular clients, that respond to their "reminder" w/in 30 days +/-. > I give an additional discount to Seniors if it appears warranted. I also > give various discounts to Dealers and Institutions. > Hope that puts things in perspective for some of you. If the FTC wants to > come after me, so be it, as I feel that whole thing is a bunch o Horse > Pucky, anyway. > Best Regards, > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > Captain, Tool Police > Squares Are I > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 1780 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/50/40/c1/83/attachment.png ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 65 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/78/41/ab/64/attachment.obj ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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