---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 4/21/2005 1:04:31 A.M. Central Standard Time, pianotuna@yahoo.com writes: Interesting that the article in the recent journal specifies that even a 2 cent pitch correction is too much to do without some form of overcompensation. I'd photocopy it and send it to them, and I'd stop giving them "the deal of the century" on their tunings. You are being abused, and your good name is at risk on every one of these tunings. What we charge is entirely up to us. If one of us feels that not charging for a pitch raise, or giving some other kind of discount, doesn't necessarily mean we are being abused, much less risking our good name. Sometimes we do these things to keep a nice job, or just because we think it will help in the long run. Case in point. I tune a D for a large church in Birmingham once a month. I made a deal with them two years ago that I would tune that piano at half my normal fee, provided I tune at least one other piano when I am there. This has worked out quite nicely for me. I tune anywhere from 2 to 8 pianos whenever I go there. Not only that, but in those two years, I have restrung the piano, and rebuilt the action, and done some additional work to some of the other pianos. And there is more work waiting for me, when they get around to getting the money. I have also gotten some referrals from that church. Had I demanded full pay for the D once a month, I would not have gotten the job. In other words, I am giving something up in return for more work. It's a nice gig which gives me a little extra income once a month. Not only do I tune for that church, but often times I will schedule other customers on the same day, for full pay. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/9c/61/98/f9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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