For me, it depends on the amount of time involved. Generally speaking, anything within an hour time frame including minor repairs if I have the extra time for them is bill at my standard tuning rate which is $120. By the way, I've been at that rate going on 3 years now. Living in Michigan with an over 16 % unemployment rate, expected to possibly go up to 20 % we do have to watch it here a bit...... Otherwise, Anything after 1 hour is charged by my hourly rate which is $80 an hour. Most of the time, I am there for between 1 hour and 1.5 hours including yapping time. And no, I do not charge for yapping time. That's half the fun for me. Jer Groot -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Rob McCall Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:28 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Pitch raise criteria Greetings list, I just tuned a Samick JS-118 upright yesterday that hadn't been tuned in 7 years (It had 1 tuning right after they bought it brand new and that was it!). It was flat by about 73 cents below the break, and about 45 cents flat above the break. Pretty consistent throughout. All in all, it turned out very well after a pitch raise and then a fine tune. My question to all of you... What do you use as your criteria for charging extra for pitch raises? When is it a "pitch raise" to you? This particular piano was pretty clear cut, but do you have a point of no return? 20-25 cents? Less or more? I use a SAT IV along with some aural checks to back the machine up... I'm still earning my wings in this industry and I'm trying to get an idea of what is considered normal (if there is such a thing!). Thanks in advance. Regards, Rob McCall Murrieta, CA _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090801-0, 08/01/2009 Tested on: 8/1/2009 9:09:09 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
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