Grand Cleaning

[Paul T Williams]

Matthew,

You'd be suprised at how many folks will pay for cleaning jobs.  You might 
notice in nicer homes if a cleaning person works there.  That's a good 
target market. 

Yes, several levels of cleaning works well for me.  I always dust off the 
piano anyway after a tuning just as a nice gesture.  My prices would vary 
as to how dirty the piano is, but would offer further services like 
polishing pedals, sanitizing keys, cleaning action as well as keybed, etc. 
 The full monty includes soundboard, full plate, (even under strings with 
Q-tips) polishing cabinet, using furnature markers for covering 
scratches,keybed, action, damperheads, etc.  All in all, anything you can 
reach! That does take quite a bit of time.

Hope this helps.

Paul




Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com> 
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A client wants me to come over and clean her Kawai grand.  This will be my 
first, and I was curious as to what kind of service(s) I can offer her. 
According to the "G" piano works labor guide, a complete grand cleaning 
can take as long as 3.5 hrs.  When I talked with my client, she had only 
mentioned about cleaning the soundboard, but then again, she may not 
realize all the dust that can accumulate in her keybed, etc.
 
What kind of cleaning services do you all offer?  Do you offer the most 
basic service and go up to the most complete cleaning?  When I go through 
a car wash, I can pay three bucks, and all they'll do is hose my car down. 
 Or I can pay more for scrubbing, and even more to get the wheels done.  I 
just need advice on how to sort this out.  3.5 hrs sounds like a great 
service, but I don't know how many clients are willing to pay that.
 
Thanks in advance!
Matthew
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