In a message dated 4/06/2000 11:35:45 PM, Terry wrote: <<."Also, for those of you who are/have worked as a floor tuner, do you get paid to tune pianos only ONCE, or if it's still unsold after several months, and needs a tuning again, will they usually pay you to tune it again?">> Well now lets see...hmmm, if you were a tomato picker and were paid to pick all the tomatoes off of a particular bush on a Tuesday.....would you then come back two weeks later and repick the new growth on the bush for free? If your store runs close to my experience you will find that the pianos that are best in tune will sell first, not counting some of the less attractive cases, prices, etc. If this is the case then you might point it out to the dealer which should help in the negotiation. In any event, the dealer is well aware of the fact that new pianos setting on their floor will not stay in tune forever........ or even several months and that they will require periodic retuning. The dealer probably will wish it were otherwise but that won't make it so :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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