[CAUT] Advice for achieving stability sooner?

[G Cousins]

Did you place,and win, the contract through a bidding process?
Did they bid on individual tunings?  If so then I would suggest you contact the admin person and explain that each piano needs 1,2,3 etc tunings in order to get it to pitch and deduct appropriate tunings from the total bid contract. When they reach zero tunings then they need to re-up the finances.

Gerry C
WCUPA

To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 03:40:04 -0500
From: wimblees at aol.com
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Advice for achieving stability sooner?


Diane


 


Unfortunately there isn't an "easy" way to do this.  Although you can do a pitch raise and tuning in one setting, I would suggest you pitch raise all of them first, then go back and tune them. Maybe after they get the bill for doing all of this work, the school will be more inclined to have you come twice a year. It might cost them the same in the long run, but it will save you a lot of work. 




Wim




 


-----Original Message-----

From: Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner at msn.com>

To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>

Sent: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 9:52 pm

Subject: [CAUT] Advice for achieving stability sooner?






I just got a contract tuning 9 almost new Kawai UST-9 studio pianos at a local 
community college.  The pianos were purchased last year about this time and 
delivered directly to the college, through a snow storm, which we rarely have in 
this part of the world.  Then they were unboxed in the new music building, DC 
heating rods with HD humidistats installed, pitch raised and tuned (all the same 
day).
 
Now a year of no service at all has gone by, and I have to get them sounding 
decent.  I started one today.  It was about 30-40cents flat.  After a pitch 
raise and tuning, I now think it is ready for a tuning!
 
I'm considering doing less careful pitch raises, but doing two of them before I 
try to tune.  Have also wondered about tapping strings on bridges.
 
If anyone can give me advice for making the job less back-breaking and higher 
quality, I will be very grateful!

Diane Hofstetter                      =


 		 	   		  
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