Sales tax on labor here in PA, also. Dan Hallett, Jr. RPT > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pianotech-digest@ptg.org > [mailto:owner-pianotech-digest@ptg.org] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:27 PM > To: pianotech-digest@ptg.org > Subject: pianotech-digest V2000 #89 > > > > pianotech-digest Wednesday, January 26 2000 Volume 2000 : > Number 089 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:58:34 -0500 > From: Wilsons <wilson53@MARSHALL.EDU> > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > Yep. Sales tax on labor in WV. > > - --Wally Wilson, RPT > Ravenswood, WV > Columbus, OH chapter > > pianolover@worldspy.net wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 January 2000, "Brian Trout" wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Wim, > > > > > > You wrote: > > > > I know it is against the law to talk about how much we charge... > > > > > > Is it really? This is one of those things I'd like to know more > > > specifically about. > > > > > > Why is it against the law to talk about how much I charge? > If somebody > > > calls me on the phone and wants to know how much I charge for a piano > > > tuning, it's $65 plus tax. That's what I charge. > > > > I have NEVER heard of charging "tax" on a tuning, which is > usually ALL labor. I know that there would maybe be tax on parts, > if needed, but labor? Is labor tax charged only in certain > states? Of course, i am a newbie tuner/tech, so maybe I am just > unaware of this matter. I know that in MOST cases, there is NO > tax on labor; is piano tuning labor an exception? > > > > Terry Peterson > > "RPT in Training" > > LA, CA > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:04:34 EST > From: MBrat70179@AOL.COM > Subject: High humidity in winter? > > I've recently received a call about an old upright in a church. Their > complaint is that the humidity is too high. I asked if they are having > tuning instablity. He said not really, but the keys are > sluggish. This has > been a continual problem for the past 50 years, as the church is situated > near several water sources. Including the basement. They do have a > dehumidifier in the basement. He says that during the summer > there will be > mildew on the hymnals. That's how bad the problem is. > > On further questioning he says the church is not heated during > the week. I > assume that when the heat is turned on the piano "sweats" causing > the keys to > swell. Is this is how the moisture is introduced in the winter? > > Another "tech" advised that the dampp-chaser systems are junk. In this > situation I don't know if the system will work or not. > > My question is: How much will the humidity be reduced throughout the > instrument if a dampp-chaser is installed. I know it will > improve things, > but will it work throughout. And will the system be able to > compensate for > the "sweating" that occurs. > > > Mike Bratcher > Associate Member > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:35:17 EST > From: JIMRPT@AOL.COM > Subject: Re: High humidity in winter? > > In a message dated 1/26/2000 6:21:02 PM, Mike B. > wrote: > > <<"Another "tech" advised that the dampp-chaser systems are junk. > In this > situation I don't know if the system will work or not.">> > > ANY tech that says that is either ignorant of the operation of DC or is > unknowledgable of this aspect of his/her trade. While I am not a avid > "loyal" supporter of Dampp Chaser systems, in general, they are FAR from > being "junk". In the right situation a properly installed DC > system can do > wonders for the instrument in which it is installed. > > <<"My question is: How much will the humidity be reduced throughout the > instrument if a dampp-chaser is installed.">> > Significantly if the system is maintained and kept plugged in. > > <<"I know it will improve things, but will it work throughout.">> > Yes without a doubt if properly installed. > > <<"And will the system be able to compensate for > the "sweating" that occurs.">> > Incidences of "sweating", if this is in fact happening, will be reduced > drastically if not elimnated altogether. > > Mike this sounds as if it is the perfect place for installation > for a DC > system. > My view. > Jim Bryant (FL) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:01:25 -0500 > From: "ginacarter" <ginacarter@email.msn.com> > Subject: Re: pitch raise time > > Ron, > > Dr. Coleman is right, as usual. The objective is to get the tension > equalized throughout the piano as soon as possible. It does not matter, I > repeat, it does not matter which tools you use - your ears or an ETD. I > personally find it much, much easier to do a pitch raise with the > assistance > of an ETD. For those of you who tune completely aurally, well bless you my > chile, if that's what makes you happy, it makes me happy for you. :-) I am > sure that an aural pitch raise by a competent tuner is just the same as an > ETD pitch raise by a competent tuner. Both ways should ensure end results > that allow the piano to be tuned in a normal time frame after the pitch > raise. One way is just as good as the other; it's just a matter of > individual preference. > > Very frankly when I am pitch raising, I trust my Accutuner > completely. I do > not attempt to listen to beats; I do not listen to intervals; I stop the > lights where the Accutuner says it should be, tuning unisons as I go, and > move to the next note as fast as I can. I just want to get it equalized as > quickly as possible. When finished, I almost always find that the piano is > within 5 cents or usually closer to where it should be for the > tuning. On a > decent piano, a pitch raise normally takes me less than 15 > minutes and makes > it possible for me to do the tuning in around 45 minutes more or less. > > I envy you living in a climate that doesn't have the kind of humidity > changes we have so that you don't have that many pitch raises. On > the other > hand I love the seasonal changes and all the rest of the stuff that cause > our humidity swings so I'm not complaining (well, not too much except when > every piano in one day of tuning needs a pitch raise <g>). > > Gina > > > > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 5:04 PM > Subject: Re: pitch raise time > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:57:54 -0600 > From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > >That's very funny Ron, thank you! We get that display down here > in NZ too! > > > >Stephen Powell RPT > > > Oh good, I'm not the only one who's easily amused. <G> It's nice to know a > guy can crack a joke once in a while. > > Ron N > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:22:48 -0500 > From: "Brian Trout" <btrout@desupernet.net> > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > Hi Terry, > > I -wish- I had never heard of charging sales tax for services. But > somewhere back in the late '80s or so, the state of Pennsylvania decided > that we must charge sales tax on services, which is and has been > 6% here. I > think it stinks, but nobody asked me what I thought. In my > particular area, > I only have to worry about the 6% sales tax. In some areas such as the > Philadelphia area, they have imposed an additional 1% local tax. > (That's in > addition to the 6% sales tax for a total of 7%.) Disgusting. > The only time > I can get out of charging the sales tax is with a tax exempt organization > such as a church. But the way things are going, I don't look for that to > last all that much longer either. > > I hate taxes. But I haven't figured out how to be in business without > dealing with them. > > Brian Trout > Quarryville, PA > btrout@desupernet.net > > > > > I have NEVER heard of charging "tax" on a tuning, which is usually ALL > labor. I know that there would maybe be tax on parts, if needed, > but labor? > Is labor tax charged only in certain states? Of course, i am a newbie > tuner/tech, so maybe I am just unaware of this matter. I know that in MOST > cases, there is NO tax on labor; is piano tuning labor an exception? > > > > Terry Peterson > > "RPT in Training" > > LA, CA > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:27:10 -0600 > From: kam544@flash.net > Subject: Re: pitch raise time > > >I believe that honor belongs to Steve Fairchild... > >Hans Sander, RPT > > That's correct. > > >...a half-step pitch raise and tuning in 18 minutes. His record is > >recorded in the Guinness Book... > >Jon Page... > > Fairchild's record is 5 minutes. He practiced on a Baldwin Acrosonic, > lowering and raising the pitch a half step. I once asked him if he was > still capable of such a feat. He replied something to the effect, "I'm a > little rusty now. Probably would take me at least 9 minutes." :-) > > Keith McGavern > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:32:07 -0500 > From: "Brian Trout" <btrout@desupernet.net> > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > Hi again, Wim, > > This wacky little thought came to mind when I read your earlier post where > you said: > >In particular, it is against the law for us all to come to an > agreement on > how > > much we charge for our services. > > In a trade where we can rarely decide how long it takes to do a > good tuning, > whether or not it's appropriate to use CA to tighten loose tuning pins, or > what's the best position to hold your tuning hammer in, I almost had to > chuckle to myself at the ridiculousness of the very idea of > actually coming > to an 'agreement' as to what it should cost to tune a piano. <bemused > expression> We rarely agree to any degree of totality on > anything else. I > doubt we could agree on the price of a tuning even if we Tried!! <chuckle> > > Just a passing thought... > > Best wishes, > > Brian Trout > Quarryville, PA > btrout@desupernet.net > > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 3:56 PM > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > > > In a message dated 1/26/00 6:54:41 PM !!!First Boot!!!, > btrout@desupernet.net > > writes: > > > > << My point is, I charge what I charge, irrespective of what you charge. > My > > prices are not a secret. This idea that we can't discuss what > we believe > > are fair prices in our markets doesn't make any sense to me, especially > > considering the geography between us. >> > > > > > > In general, because there are some doubts as to what is considered price > > fixing, and what is not, it has been advised that we not discuss prices. > In > > particular, it is against the law for us all to come to an agreement on > how > > much we charge for our services. Obviously you have to > disclose your fees > to > > your customers. But for us as a group to disclose our fees might be > > construed as "price fixing," which is against the law. > > > > Wim > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:35:19 EST > From: Wimblees@AOL.COM > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > In a message dated 1/26/00 10:24:09 PM !!!First Boot!!!, > ulrich@rangenet.com > writes: > > << I suggest that posting some average prices would really help > those newbies > who have no resource from which to establish some kind of basis > on which to > run a business. Yes, if you chose to get together and say > something to the > effect of "we all hereby agree that we will do no tunings for less than > $80.00." That would clearly be price fixing as defined in the > Sherman Act. > But to simply compare notes? Nonsense. >> > > > On the one hand, Roy, I agree with you. We should be able to > discuss what we > charge. I guess the paranoid comes from the way everyone has a > tendency to > sue. If a sharp lawyer should get a hold of one of these posts, > and discovers > that 3 or 4 piano tuners in St. Louis happen to charge the same rate, he > could have a case against us, especially if he found out we all > belong tot he > PTG. And then when finds out that piano tuners Minneapolis and > Chicago also > charge the same, thing, he could go after the PTG. I know it sounds far > fetched, but you never know. > > As far as helping newbies set a price, that I am against. In the class I > teach, I make it a point that every one has to look at his or her own > situation. There are a lot of variables involved when setting fees. For > anyone to set his or her fee based on what the competition is > charging is not > the way to go. A very highly respected member of the PTG once > said he charged > a couple of dollars more for his services than the next highest > competitor. > And when he finds out someone else is charging the same as him, he raises > his. That is not the right way to charge for your service. > > Fees should be based on the amount of money you need to stay in > business and > make an honest profit for yourself. This figure can be based on a high > profit. But there will come a point at which only so much profit > will allow > you to stay in business. In other words, if you charge too much for your > service, not enough people will call you. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:43:08 -0800 > From: "David ilvedson" <ilvey@jps.net> > Subject: Re: pitch raise time > > An old SOT can be had for next to nothing for pitch raising. > Not that I've got one to sell. > > > * Yes, inconceivable as it may be, there are still strictly aural tuners > > left on the planet. Have fork, will raise pitch aurally. > > I take it from your posts you do a lot of soundboard work etc.? > Do you use the same technology from 100 years ago? Yeah, > you still use chisels etc. but you probably got a nice > assortment of power goodies and your shop is pretty modern > and up to date. I want my tuning gear etc. just as up to date > mainly to make my life easier and for consistant, quality work. > I don't earn much of my living in the shop. Out standing in my > field is where I'm at. > > > * I suggest you try it some time. It's quite possible to reliably do a > > decent pitch raise aurally. > > Hey, been there, done that. > > > Realistically, I don't expect to be spending a grand or more on > an ETD to > > use for pitch raises. I surely don't do enough of them to justify either > > the price, or the time spent on explanations to the customer > every time I > > used it. BTW, how do you not listen to pitch raises? Do you wear high > > attenuation ear plugs, or a headset? > > > > I still have the ears on but I'm not listening except for pulling in > the unisons. I could use the ETD for unisons but its faster > without it. > > David I. > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA > ilvey@jps.net > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:42:40 EST > From: Wimblees@AOL.COM > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > In a message dated 1/26/00 11:14:09 PM !!!First Boot!!!, > jkinnear@pianoguy.com writes: > > << I haven't raised my prices for about 5 years , , $75can. that's > about $45US . . maybe I should reconsider . . > Jim >> > > > Jim > > Ask yourself. What did you pay for your auto insurance, your gas, > your milk, > etc., 5 years ago? Did you have a computer? How much was your > phone bill? If > none of those prices have gone up, then you should continue to > charge $75. > But I bet you those expenses have gone up. So you have every > right to charge > more. > > My suggestion is to increase your fees a small amount every year, or so, > instead of trying to catch up once every 5 years. First of all, you are > loosing money if you wait more than 2 years. And second, your > customers will > not be too upset with you if you went from $75 to $80. But they > will balk if > you told them the new price is $90, even though if you had raised > your fee $5 > very year, that is what you have been charging by now. > > Wim > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:46:39 EST > From: Wimblees@AOL.COM > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > In a message dated 1/26/00 10:08:26 PM !!!First Boot!!!, > RNossaman@KSCABLE.com writes: > > << hen again, we're about the only service based business > that doesn't automatically guarantee the legendary service man's gluteus > maximus cleavage display as an integral part of the service. >> > > And here I thought the only reason so many women kept asking me > to come back > is because of my .... Oh well > > :):) > > Wim > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:53:19 -0800 > From: "David ilvedson" <ilvey@jps.net> > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > The plumber comes first. I'm not trying to compete with him > and I'll never be able to compete with him if we go head to head. > If the pipes break they're not going to call me! If they call me, > they want and can afford a piano tuner. What am I worth? As > much as a Roto Rooter guy? Damn right!!! > > David I. > > > Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:24:10 -0600 > To: pianotech@ptg.org > From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> > Subject: Re: What we charge? > Send reply to: pianotech@ptg.org > > > > When I wonder about my prices I look no further than > > >plumbers or such who go to the home. In general I think we > > >undervalue our highly skilled service. > > > > > >David I. > > > > When someone compares plumbers rates to piano tech's rates I > point out that > > if the lack of tuning and piano service caused something smelly > and toxic > > to back up into the living room and ruin the carpet, we'd all be making > > $200,000 a year. Then again, we're about the only service based business > > that doesn't automatically guarantee the legendary service man's gluteus > > maximus cleavage display as an integral part of the service. > Perhaps we're > > shooting ourselves in the... er... foot. > > > > I guess that makes it a matter of perceived value. > > > > Ron N > > > > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA > ilvey@jps.net > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:56:25 -0500 > From: David Renaud <studiorenaud@qc.aibn.com> > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > Here in Quebec, Canada, we even pay tax on the tax. > > $75 plus 7% federal GST = $80.25 > plus 7.5% provincial tax on the whole $80.25 > (Yes, even tax on the extra $5.25 tax) > for a total of 86.27. > > So governments gets $11.27 before I even get to > move it to my personnel account. > > Cheers > Dave Renaud > RPT > > pianolover@worldspy.net wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 January 2000, "Brian Trout" wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Wim, > > > > > > You wrote: > > > > I know it is against the law to talk about how much we charge... > > > > > > Is it really? This is one of those things I'd like to know more > > > specifically about. > > > > > > Why is it against the law to talk about how much I charge? > If somebody > > > calls me on the phone and wants to know how much I charge for a piano > > > tuning, it's $65 plus tax. That's what I charge. > > > > I have NEVER heard of charging "tax" on a tuning, which is > usually ALL labor. I know that there would maybe be tax on parts, > if needed, but labor? Is labor tax charged only in certain > states? Of course, i am a newbie tuner/tech, so maybe I am just > unaware of this matter. I know that in MOST cases, there is NO > tax on labor; is piano tuning labor an exception? > > > > Terry Peterson > > "RPT in Training" > > LA, CA > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:52:51 -0500 > From: bases-loaded@juno.com > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > Hi Brian - > > This won't cheer you up any, but MAY GIVE YOU CAUSE TO GRIN A BIT. After > much digging thru the rule book, and calling all 5 of the central Ohio > branch offices for their own interpretations (which tended to differ, of > course) it was finally decided that if I wrote out the bill to indicate > that x amount was for the tuning and y amount was for the "trip charge", > I would not have to charge sales tax on the y amount. I've been doing it > that way the past 4 years. At least I'm circumventing a little of the > tax, and saving my customers a little money. More importantly, it was a > victory, however small.... > > Mark Potter > bases-loaded@juno.com > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:22:48 -0500 "Brian Trout" <btrout@desupernet.net> > writes: > > I -wish- I had never heard of charging sales tax for services. > > I hate taxes. But I haven't figured out how to be in business > > without > > dealing with them. > > > > Brian Trout > > Quarryville, PA > > btrout@desupernet.net > > > > > > > > I have NEVER heard of charging "tax" on a tuning, which is usually > > ALL > > labor. I know that there would maybe be tax on parts, if needed, but > > labor? > > Is labor tax charged only in certain states? Of course, i am a > > newbie > > tuner/tech, so maybe I am just unaware of this matter. I know that > > in MOST > > cases, there is NO tax on labor; is piano tuning labor an exception? > > > > > > Terry Peterson > > > "RPT in Training" > > > LA, CA > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:08:13 -0600 > From: "Allan D'Autremont" <jadatune@cableregina.com> > Subject: Re: Albarda 1970 four choir concert Harpsichord > > At 03:33 PM 1/25/00 -0600, you wrote: > >I've just subscribed and wish to introduce myself. I have just > reached ten > >years of service as University of Regina Piano Technician: 90 pianos and > >two harpsi- > >chords plus some outside venues. I'm an aural only for now tech, > with some > >interest in eventually having electronic aids. 52 years old and > did play at a > >gr X or better level on piano.We (Uof R) have a similar Albarda 3 choir > >concert > >size 9' made 1980 without the 16' rank, with hand levers. I had > to reanchor > >the > >block with tee nuts 4 years ago, so have experience with > these,ours is spruce > >ply!!! > > Saturday Feb 22 MM, viewed the 1970 Albarda 9' with seven > foot pedals and > >two hand buff stops, this one made of Cherry-fir > ply.16',8',coupler for lower > >manual,8',4', 8'lute upper manual. > > The needed repairs are: reanchor pin block,after lowering > pitch, put in > new > >top treble string spline 6 inches and put in all pins and sort > out the birds > > nest of wires etc. The case has spread open 5/16 of an inch on > left side > >due to pin block separation. Tuning pins are tight,strings at low pitch. > > It's of course unplayable, been in this condition since 1986, the rack > >capstans are at limit of adjustment nearly falling out,due to > the 5/16 "warp > >of sides. > > Lower manual keys have an unusual side travel,so maybe a lot > of center > >rail felt to replace,and pin hole work to do. Extreme lack of humidity, > >with key warp evident, lots of regulation of picking and racks before > >several pitch raises to A 415. > > No capstans on delrin jacks, they appear to be fit. > > My question is: Client is estate who need C dollar value at time of > >death,so that they can probate the will. Has anybody knowledge > of what used > >Albardas this size have sold for? > > The repair cost needs to allow for humidity changes over a few months, > >and since I won't necessarily do the repair myself be inclusive enough to > >allow someone elsewhere to accomplish it at a profit. > > 1970 was bought at about 14 thousand dollars Canadian. > > My feeling is this situation is due owners' willful neglect and must > >be reflected in the dollar numbers.I doubt the value can be much > more than > >2500$ I haven't a really solid idea what the repair cost might > be but think > >2500 not excessive- am I dreaming? > > Hope someone out there can shed some light on this, thanking > you all in > >advance,Allan d'Autremont U of Regina piano tech. > >Sincerely, > > > >Allan D'Autremont > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > Allan D'Autremont > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:22:08 -0600 (CST) > From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu> > Subject: Re: What we charge? > > Brian Trout, > At 20:22 01/26/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi Terry, > > > >I -wish- I had never heard of charging sales tax for services. But > >somewhere back in the late '80s or so, the state of Pennsylvania decided > >that we must charge sales tax on services, which is and has been > 6% here. > > > I was tuning in and around Philly from '79-81, and the sales tax was > expanded at about that time. I'm sure it has expanded more since > then, but > at the time the folks in Harrisburg explained to me that - "sales tax is > levied on services performed on items which themselves are taxable." > > i.e. If I were a tailor, my services would be tax free since clothing > was(is?) not taxed, but as a piano tech... > > BTW, I still have the 6% PA sales tax chart [REV 221 (3-78)] > taped inside my > billing pad case. > > Conrad > > Conrad Hoffsommer mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu > > Chi si ferma è perduto. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:16:02 -0600 > From: "Ward & Probst" <wardprobst@cst.net> > Subject: RE: pitch raise time > > Patrick & List, > You might find the following class interesting: > > (E) Your Body - Maintaining Your Most Important Tool - Bonnie Swafford, > Kansas City, MO > Your body is your most important tool, but comes with no instruction > manual. In this case, you will learn some basic anatomy to better > understand the design, construction, and maintenance of the machine that > is your body. Learn what can go wrong in muscles and tendons, joints, > ligaments, bursa, and nerves as you do the physical work of the piano > technician. Learn a bit about general fitness, how to prevent trouble > before it starts, and how to treat problems after they occur. > > See it in Arlington, VA at the PTG Annual Technical Institute. > > Best, > Dale > Dale Probst > Institute Director > PTG Annual Convention > Arlington, VA--July 5-9,2000 > wardprobst@cst.net > (940)691-3682 voice > (940) 691-6843 fax > http://www.equaltemperament.com/PTG/ > > > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf > Of J Patrick Draine > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 3:33 PM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: pitch raise time > > > Keith McGavern wrote: > >Any method or arsenal of tools the individual wants to use is > irrelevant to > >me. Just to experience someone accomplishing that 10/30 minute thing ( > >especially that 10 minute one ! ), and succeed in producing a > stable, well > >tuned piano will satisfy this boy. > > > Equally interesting would be hearing their non-tuning schedule of either: > 1) Intensive workouts at the gym (Nautilus, cycling, running, swimming, > yoga, whatever) OR > 2) their regimen at the chiropractor/massage therapist/physical therapist > &/or medical attention for bursitis, tendonitus, carpal tunnel syndrome > (steroid injections or surgery??) > > While I don't doubt that it is physically possible to achieve > such speed, I > know my body doesn't react well to such a barrage of repetitive motions. > Spreading a quarter tone to half tone pitch raise (including fine tuning) > over 1.5 hr. or more is a lot better for me than trying to set records. > Regular exercise to balance out the kyphotic (is that the correct > spelling?) posture involved in our trade is very helpful too. > > Happy tuning, > Patrick Draine > > ------------------------------ > > End of pianotech-digest V2000 #89 > ********************************* >
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