Tuning price

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Greetings, 
    I have a bunch of different tuning prices.  I charge the school $80 per 
tuning, even if I go in the hall three days in a row and spend less time on the 
two following days.  Same price for the practice rooms and teachers studios.  
I have no benefit package with the school, it is all on oral contract. 
    I charge the recording studios  $109.25. Or more, depending on what 
happens.  Had one last week that needed to be dropped 12 cents and tuned to the nth 
degree for a master recording session.  I had 80 minutes before the 
drum-sounds began.  I charged $125 for that.  I don't pursue this kind of account 
because of the time-pressure ratio ain't mellow enough for me, nowadays.  But, they 
do pop up at times. 
    My regular, customers-in-their-homes I charge $125 to tune, and they know 
other stuff like pedal lube or minor regulation tweaks will increase that.  
This includes all the piano faculty and teachers I tune for at home.  First 
time customers are told, early on, that the first visit is a little higher, 
usually $150.   
    Tunings go up to around $150 when I am out of town to tune, but it is 
more likely that those tunings are going to accompany a fair amount of other work 
so an hourly price of $100 is more likely to just cover the tuning time along 
with all the rest of the work. 

Regards,  
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html