Aibu to think £19 for 30 mins piano lesson is too much for a 7 year old in a London subarb?

[dorisbumble]

Can I have your opinions please? The piano teacher just put the price up due to her rising cost of living?

[Flibbertyjibbet]

Doesn't sound too much to me and we are in the North West.

[OneStepCloser]

Sounds about right to me, its been a few years since dd had lessons, but iirc it was about that amount.

[holidaysarenice]

19 years ago mine were 7 pounds for 1/2 hour in a rural town.

So it doesn't sound too bad but it depends on the standard of teacher?

Lots of my uni friends who were grade 8 etc gave beginner lessons for good prices as students. If that's an option? Or if your son is progressing well I would find a really good teacher who will make his progress even more though they might be more expensive but worth it.

Do you think he gets value out of it?

[Branleuse]

i thought it was more than that

[SilverApples]

Standard for my area.
She's being underpricing herself. You could ring around and ask a few other teachers what their prices are, for comparison.

[Littleredsquirrel]

We pay £12 for half an hour but are in the midlands.

School charges £18 for half an hour. It doesn't sound unreasonable. Its in the right ballpark.

[Portlligat]

Sounds pretty much bang on for my area. Our schools have recently put their prices up to £50 an hour (though it can be shared) and I also know of a local singing teacher who charges that and seems to get loads of work. However, you can get private lessons in most things between £32 - £40 an hour here. (county near London.)

[dorisbumble]

Okay. Seems about right then. Not sure we get vfm as my dd never practices. Seems a bit of a waste atm. She is on the same level since last year! Guy down the road charges 12 for 30 minutes but a bit old school and grumpy. May have to scare dd to "use it or lose it"!

[NoComet]

You pay 63p a minute we pay 24.5p a minute

Just another advantage of not living in London.

[NoComet]

Although probably about what our local private schools charge.

[Seeline]

I pay £16 for 1/2hr, also in the 'burbs. But she hasn'tput her prices up for a good couple of years, so am expecting something in the New Year.

[titchy]

Well it is a waste of time if she doesn't practice!

Either make her practice or let her give up.

[RaspberryLemonPavlova]

I pay £13 for half an hour, but in the north. That's about standard round here.

But agree, however much it costs, there is no point if not practicing

[Lonecatwithkitten]

West berks range between £15 (singing) to £21(clarinet) per half hour here.

[Primrose123]

OMG!!! I charge £8 for a half hour lesson!

[ALittleBitOfMagic]

We're in Scotland and pay £12 for 30 mins piano lesson .

[Artandco]

£45 for 45 mins down the road. They are too young yet but many neighbours go

[Wisteria36]

Assuming it's a teacher with conservatoire or university standard music education and experience etc then no, that's about the going rate. Our school charge £20 per half hour.

[LaurieFairyCake]

So it's £38 an hour

I pay my plumber £50 an hour, gas man £60.

Sounds reasonable

[pigsinmud]

Laurie I love your post.

[ShellingPeas]

:grin: Me too schilke.

Going rate for music lessons here (south east commuter belt) is £30-£40ph.

[dorisbumble]

Seems like my lady is fairly average possibly on the reasonable side so. Best pay the invoice and get practicing!

[boogiewoogie]

We pay £18 for 45 minutes but we're in the North. We know of a teacher who charges £20 for 30 minutes and she's a lot closer than ours who comes to our house.

£19 doesn't sound too bad for London.

[steppemum]

I asked a similar question a while back and someone posted that the Musician's union (or similar) has a recommended price for lessons, it was about £15 for half an hour (I think)

We pay £12 for half and hour for drums

[pigsinmud]

MU recommended minimum private teaching rate is £30 per hour. A teacher with experience will charge more. Dh charges £40 per hour for his private pupils.