Speed, Accuracy & Efficiency=Profit

[DGPEAKE@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 02/25/2000 5:56:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Billbrpt@AOL.COM writes:

<< Dear List,
 
 This post is aimed mainly at the newer people in the field and those who say 
 that it takes longer than an hour to do a good tuning.  Today, I left at 8 
 a.m., drove 25 miles to a high school where there is going to be a Solo & 
 Ensemble contest.  I tuned and prepared 10 pianos, was paid when finished at 
 the "school" rate, which is slightly lower than the usual but still pretty 
 good, deposited my check and was home at 6 p.m.
  >>

One hour is good for school pianos that are tuned frequently.  I just 
finished tuning and repairing 15 pianos for a local competition at a high 
school where my wife is a secretary.  Yesterday I started at 8 AM, and 
finished at 10 PM, tuning 10 pianos, 1/2 of them involving pitch raises. Some 
were good enough to let go without tuning. One got by with only a touch up. 2 
days before, I pitch raised, fine tuned, set lost motion on 2 uprights the 
school owns.  Having my SAT 3 with me helped a lot. My ears were batty at the 
end, and I am still tired from all of it.  Thank God, these marathon tuning 
days are few a far between.

I will get a nice check Monday, when my wife goes back to work.  It will come 
out of a special educational account set up by the district for the purposes.

Dave Peake, RPT
Portland Chapter
Oregon City, OR