Warranty tuning

[Barbara Richmond]

It's how I got started, too.  It especially helps if you like the pianos 
that the dealer carries.  :-)

Barbara Richmond, RPT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean May" <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com>
To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:54 PM
Subject: RE: Warranty tuning


> Hi Richard,
>
> Doing this kind of store work really launched my career as I have
> recently written about. As I recall I charged about half my going rate
> to the store. It was still pretty good money by most standards and it
> generated a huge number of clients for me. Not only did I get the sold
> piano customers I also got a lot of new full price customers from people
> who called the store looking for a tuner.
>
> For somebody starting out I heartily recommend it.
>
> Dean
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
> Terre Haute IN  47802
>
>
> Richard writes:
>>What about in-store repair, regulation and tuning?  Hourly?  Percentage
>>of tuning fee?  Percentage of hourly rate?  It's certainly not very
> lucrative,
>>except to those of us getting started.  My problem is "I'm just a guy
> who
>>can't say no."
>
>
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