What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano

[John Formsma]

Wayne,

There will always be people who will "tune" it for less. But what kind of
work do they do? Are they really good? Some maybe, but probably not. I had
one church secretary tell me that one tuner they had "tuned" all of their 13
pianos by lunch time. Yeah, right.

There will also always be people who can't tell the difference between the
professional and the yahoo. So, the yahoo will get that work. OK...we'll
just improve our skills, raise our prices, and work for people who are
willing to pay for the difference.

John Formsma

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Wayne M. Williams
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:15 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano

Hello:
I am a little concerned about the charge for a tuning. I have been charging 
a $90.00 fee for a basic tuning. then a client told me that she got her 
piano tuned in the Albany, NY area $60.00. With the price of gas, I cannot 
see charging such a low fee.

Regards,
Wayne Williams



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Rosenberg" <josepharosenberg@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:53 PM
Subject: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano


> Hi,
>
> I'm a relatively new tuner in the urban/suburban
> Northeast. I would appreciate hearing from some of the
> members of this fine group as to what is a fair price
> to charge for a basic piano tuning.
>
> FYI, I have heard from a number of piano tuners that
> they felt that for the most part piano tuners
> undercharge. Whe I facture that sales tax, car
> expenses (tolls, gas, etc.) and travel time are
> deducted from the gross fee, I do not see how I can
> charge less than $100 for a basic tuning.
>
> Thanks in advance for your comments.
>
> Joe Rosenberg
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