This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Mathew Todd said: "I have been asked to go look around at pianos, play = them, and then make a decision on what is good. What would be a fair = price? I mean, would you charge by the hour, or find out about how long = it'll take, and then make a decision?" =20 Matthew, IMO, you are going about this backwards. Have the potential piano owner = do the leg work. Let him/her narrow down the possibilities to maybe = two...? You go at each one and make a decision regarding playability, = tone, cost, etc. Charge by the Service Call Fee/ Hourly Rate, whichever = is greater for the time expended. Of course all this is contingent and = the fact that you have talked to the client, prior to the "big search"; = stressing TONE as the major criteria..secondly Touch as a criteria and = looks as being the least critical, (that's what God made refinishers = for.<G>!) (BTW, my first reaction, to your question, was akin to the Mercedes = thingee...."if ya have to ask....!")( second reaction was....."where the = hell are all the supposed "Mentors"?????" for these newbies????? Best Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9d/0a/98/94/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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