Pitch Raise Fee Structure

[Farrell]

I have not charged in this manner yet, but my thinking was, as follows:
After deciding on my tuning parameters with my SAT III, I measure the pitch
of all A's (exlcuding A0) and D's. Add them up and divide by 14. This will
give you a real good value on the average piano pitch.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Fee Structure


> Hi,
>
> The main problem with charging $1 per cent is that pianos don't fall flat
> evenly. So where should you measure? It is quite possible in my location
> for the bass to be within 4 cents and the mid treble to be 40 cents flat.
>
> At 11:26 AM 12/16/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >>The problem I see with this system is again the phone thing. Me: "I
charge
> >>$1 per cent flat". Customer: "What is a cent". Sounds like a can of
worms to
> >>me.
> >
> >I think you'd better have something that gives you a digital readout to
> >show the customer.
> >
> >Ron N
> >
> >
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
>
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>
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