I also agree. It was an excellent way to build a substantial customer base. Eventually the store realized that I was helping them substantially as well and now I get full price for in home warrantee tunings and about 2/3 my full rate for in store tunings. Nice work when you get it! will wickham On Jan 20, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Dean May wrote: > 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." > > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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