Under an hour tuning (was labor rates)

[Richard Brekne]

BIG GRIN..

While supporting in principle your skeptisim towards all the claims of being
able to do a great tuning in less then an hour Phil,,, one simply has to be
aware of the fact that there are a few individuals who are very gifted. Some
of these can achieve amazing results in very short periods of time.

That being said I dont see any real point in emphasising the time it takes to
do a good job toooooo awfully much. Sure sometimes in concert situations you
have to work fast and effectively, and there is a certain validity factor to
the "time is money" facet... but in most (95 % ??)of our tuning situations I
think securing a fine tuning should be the first priority and what amount of
time that takes an afterthought.

I suspect more then one tech has heard these stories of "Bionic Tuners" and
been unduly influenced to push to hard for fast time. Do "the good job", and
your time will gradually reach a reasonable speed...

RB.

Phillip L Ford wrote:

> Those of you 'under an hour' tuners out there
> might want to check out this site.
>
> http://www.boesendorfer.uk.com/piano_maintenance.htm
>
> Phil
>
> ---
> Phillip Ford
> Piano Service & Restoration
> 1777 Yosemite Ave
> San Francisco, CA  94124
>
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:31:17
>  Eugenia Carter wrote:
> >Hi Kallie,
> >
> >It is quite common to tune a piano in under an hour; many of us can pitch
> >raise and tune in under an hour. Could we have done this when we first
> >started? I don't know about the others, but certainly not I.
> >
> >As with most learned skills, the more one practices the better/faster one
> >becomes (usually).
> >
> >Have a good day.
> >
> >Gina
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kallie Swanepoel" <kccs@netralink.com>
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 3:53 AM
> >Subject: RE: labor rates
> >
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Tune a piano under 1 hour?
> >>
> >>
> >> Kallie Swanepoel
> >> PIANO TUNER
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
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--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no