This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I charge for a set fee for a 1.5 hour service call. That's more than = enough time to cover a pitch raise. If the piano doesn't require it, it = leaves time to lubricate, check the voicing, or a few regulation items = perhaps. If it does need a pitch raise, the better part of the fee will = be eaten up by tuning alone. The benefits of servicing the piano more = frequently, then, are that other areas can be addressed within the basic = fee. David Love ----- Original Message -----=20 From: William R. Monroe=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: April 16, 2002 5:26 PM Subject: Charging for Pitch Raises I was reading an old essay (PTJ August '90) by Rick Baldassin = regarding Piano Tuning Stability. Within that article, Rick writes = about tuning for a concert and remarks that after a rehearsal, the = treble was really out. 'Why? The treble notes were too far out of tune = to create a stable tuning in one pass on the tuning.' He stated that = when he tuned the instrument prior to the rehearsal, the 6th and 7th = octaves were flat, 'maybe as much as four cents.' So, in a nutshell, if your piano is four cents flat, your tuning will = not be stable (for a concert level tuning). =20 My questions: 1.) Really? Is four cents flat too much to get a stable concert = tuning? 2.) For our regular clients, when do we begin charging for a pitch = raise, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents? I realize that neither all clients, = nor their instruments will require this level tuning, but where do we = draw the line and say we must raise pitch to get a stable tuning? I am very interested to hear as many opinions on this one as possible. Thank you, William R. Monroe PTG Associate Salt Lake City, UT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/95/aa/02/9c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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