Well, I can't do them in half a day by the time you get around to hand filing everything, leveling, pick up, delivery etc... But a full day and that's what I charge. Usually I end up doing bushings and the sharps as well so two days. I don't love the work either but I'm a control freak and I prefer hanging around the shop than driving around chasing tunings. I always prefer when they want a whole new keyset. Then I feel just fine sending it out. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 9:06 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Key recovering-was wagner planner Paul, Dale, A considerable number of us don't live in an area where we can make $600 servicing three pianos in a day. That means we can spend a half day doing a set of keytops and pay for time, where we can't get the price to send them out and still make anything. A good machine setup helps a bunch. I have an old Oslund machine set that simplifies and speeds things up considerably, but I used a set of table table saw jigs prior to that which worked fairly well, if a whole lot scarier. As I've pointed out before, having five million people within an hour's drive of you makes for a significant difference in attitude and pricing. I don't like doing them either, BTW, but I do. Ron N
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