But the piano will get tuned eventually. Let's not keep our fees low to counter-act the discretionary spending aspect of tuning the piano. When they do have us tune it needs to be a reasonable fee. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 09:57:41 -0500 Subject: Re: ethics question >At 10:05 10/5/2004 -0400, you wrote: >> >> >> Barbara, Richard >> I decided to raise my price after the septic tank guy charge me $70 >> bucks an hour to dig for the cover for my tank. Question really is ,How >> long does it take to schedule,prep tools & car,drive ,kibitz with client, >> pet the dog, remember there kids names & tune the average piano? >> I figure 2 hours. My shop time is $60 per hour. that's $120 >> tuning/service bill. Find another house call type service working as >> cheap as most of us do. >> Food for thought >> Dale Erwin >Season that food for thought with this, however. >Piano maintenance is 99 44/100% discretionary spending. >Compare: >That septic tank NEEDS to be pumped. >That piano NEEDS to be tuned. >Q: Which need is more likely to be postponed/ignored if the service rate >goes up? >A: Probably the same one for which there was a price check BEFORE the work >was done. >I don't like it either, but that's the way things are. >What we as technicians have to do is help our customers keep piano >maintenance as a high priority. >D.L. Bullock's post shows some ways which will NOT help in this process. >Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS. >Decorah, IA >- Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated >Lever Action Tone Generation Systems. >- Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor >- American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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