Terry, This is your old spoilsport speaking. If you're short of work, sure I can see your point, but on a per-hour basis of actual work, the two days weren't all that different, were they? When I schedule five tunings per day (usually a four-day work week), I'm really not all that excited about unexpected work, but it's not real big problem, either. I do what I can within the allotted time and schedule another appointment to finish the work. Regards, Clyde Farrell wrote: > Last Thursday I had two tuning appointments. I serviced a BAD 100 year old > Kimball grand. The lady wanted it tuned, but it also needed keys and dampers > fixed just so that I could tune the darn thing. Four and a half hours later > it was tuned. Then I went to tune a NEW Baldwin Hamilton. Flat, had to align > many hammers because they were not hitting the strings, some hammers loose > from shanks, keys not level, etc. Three hours later tuned. I made $380 that > day. > > Yesterday I had two tuning appointments. I had tuned both within the last > year (newer Yamaha grand and an as-good-as-it-gets Kimball grand). Both > within 4 cents of A440. Two pass tunings. Four and a half hours later > (drive, tune, drive, tune, etc.) I had $150. > > I take back everything I have said about junk pianos. I LOVE THEM!!!! > > Terry Farrell
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