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

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Why didn't his tunings hold?
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avery" <avery1@houston.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano


> At 01:15 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote:
>>At 01:01 PM 2/9/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>>>Conrad,
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, there's a store here in Houston that will only pay 
>>>$15.00 for a store tuning. And damn it, there are tuners here who 
>>>will do it for that! :-(
>>>
>>>Avery
>>
>>
>>I got $12.50, but that was in '79. I could fill my gas tank for $5 
>>then. Those tooners all on foot?  Sleep under bridges? Shopping 
>>carts for tool kits?
> 
> Actually, no. But two of them that I know of are blind. IMO, I think 
> they're afraid to say no to that price for fear of losing the work. 
> One of them used to tune our "lease" pianos but the tuning wouldn't 
> last 'till he got out the door! Now I'm doing them for that price 
> because I got tired of having to redo them anyway. For free! At least 
> I don't have to go anywhere. He actually had a driver he had to pay!
> 
> Avery
> 
>>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
>>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
>>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>>
>>- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score,
>>- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
>>
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