Julia, Let me tell you a story. In 1980 we had a down slump in the economy and I decided to lower my prices from $45 to $29.95 to stimulate business. I got more customers, but the final bottom line came out the same. Before the lowering, I was making about $24,000 and after I lowered the fee I still made $24,000 just working harder. After the bad economy, I raised my prices again to $45 per tuning, and you guessed it, I was making about $24,000 just like before. My take, just hold steady and use the extra time to rebuild used pianos to sell and that way you will come out ahead. William ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Standard Tuning Prices > On 10/8/09, KeyKat88 at aol.com <KeyKat88 at aol.com> wrote: >> >> In a message dated 10/6/2009 7:23:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, >> wimblees at aol.com writes: >> >> My dad's fee for tuning a piano in 1959 was $7.50. Prices, I'm sure, took >> a >> tumble during the depression, and gradually came back up by the mid >> fifties. (Has anyone reduced their tuning fee during this recession?) >> >> >> Greetings, >> >> I am considering it right now. Perhaps to the "tune" of $10 lower. >> >> Julia Gottshall >> Reading, PA >> > > I raised mine $5 this year, the first time in 3 years. It's pretty > much in line with inflation to my 1978 fee. > > -- > Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician > Luther College, 700 College Dr., > Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
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