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

[Cy Shuster]

I agree, Mark.  What would it cost to have a mechanic come to your house, 
and give your car a tuneup in your driveway?  (Dragging parts along!) 
Sometimes you can have prices that are too low.

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Schecter" <schecter@pacbell.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano


>I want to put in my 2 cents worth here. Where I live, in Oakland, CA, I 
>went to have my VW serviced at the dealer. Their shop rate is _$135_ per 
>hour. I take that as an indication of what skilled technical service is 
>worth.