Howard: Please forgive the long delay in responding. Believe it or not, with family here from Christmas to about new years, I let pianotech pile up to about 300. Tuned the last 7 school pianos Jan. 4th, and now have some time and interest in catching up with pianotech. What I meant about tuning twice was that given a neglected piano that is to be used for a concert I may tune it the day before and the day of the concert--two tunings. Most pianos I tune require some amount of pitch change that prevents doing a good job on one pass, so I do exactly as you said; rough to pitch once then fine tune. The SAT which I got a year ago has made this a lot easier than when i had to guesstemate the amount over or under for the first pass. Two pass tuning is so common for me that I never charge extra for regular customers and often do not for new customers unless the piano has been neglected for years. Raised one 100 cents a few weeks ago and charged $100. Regular fee is $55. Drove 60 miles to replace a string (solid) last Saturday, and charged $75, and scheduled a tuning for 2 months later for which I will charge $75. The cost of most services is lower in my part of the country than, I assume, where you live. Hope this clears up what I failed to say clearly. Travis Gordy, RPT ---------- > From: Howard S. Rosen <hsrosen@emi.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Re:Highest pitch correction > Date: Wednesday, December 24, 1997 6:48 AM > > Hi Travis, > > I can identify with a lot of what is in this post. However, there is one > exception. > > >The only time I tune twice is if the piano is to > > be used for a concert, like sometimes a church piano that has been > > neglected. > > > Travis Gordy, RPT > > Does you mean that on an ordinary PSO that requires a major pitch change, > you will pitch raise with one pass and then leave? > Why not justify an increased fee by doing a very quick pitch raise to get > in the ballpark and then fine tune with a second pass, thereby leaving the > PSO with the best that it could possibly sound? Doing it this way, I think, > will render a much better completed tuning than just doing 1 pass. If I > misunderstood your post, please forgive me. > > I am anxious to discuss this as I know that 10 different tuners handle this > problem 10 different ways. > > Howard S. Rosen, RPT > Boynton Beach, Florida >
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