PR in treble only

Clyde Hollinger cedel@supernet.com
Tue, 16 May 2000 15:35:26 -0400


I do what Terry does.  Partial pitchraise, partial charge.

Clyde

Farrell wrote:

> I run across this often.  When I PR 1/3 of a piano, I charge 1/3 my normal
> PR fee plus the tuning. Simple. I charge for what I do.

>
> > I was wondering how many tuner/techs out there charge for a PR, when only
> > the treble, or about 1/3 of the piano is out? I find, at least when tuning
> > the new pianos at the store where I floor tune, that many pianos are
> withing
> > the "ballpark" in the bass and tenor, but from about f5 to nearly the end
> > the pitch is very flat. what I have been doing in these cases is to do a
> > quick PR in this range, then remute and start my fine tuning from A0. This
> > method leaves me with a pretty solid all arounf tuning, and I know that my
> > treble section will hold well.



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