This is the only reply I have see so far that talks about the wear and tear on your body, and we need to account for that. I charge $90 for a tuning and $45 additional for each PR pass and I believe that is a GIFT. What I am considering doing is charging $90 for each pass. How can you convince a customer to tune twice or at least once a year for $90 ($450 over 5 years) when it only costs them $180 if they tune it once every 5 years? Mike Mike McCoy RPT Chapters 170 & 190 PTG Langhorne, Pa mailto:mjmccoyrpt@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Cc: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:34 PM Subject: Re: Charging for Pitch Raises > > On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 06:33 PM, David Foster wrote: > > > I have been gratified to find many respondents on this issue that do > > not normally charge for pitch raises. > > In my case, it depends on *how much* of a pitch raise. I almost always > do two passes, first a pitch correction, then a fine tuning. BUT when > it's 50-150 cents flat, there's a lot of work to be done. Yes, it's > possible to work really really fast, but it's important to remind > ourselves that leaves us vulnerable to Repetitive Stress Injuries. > Carpal tunnel injuries, tendonitis and such are things we want to avoid. > If I'm raising a piano a half tone I'll go over the thing 3 even 4 times > in one sitting, with occasional "breaks" tightening flanges, spacing > hammers, etc. The customer understands I need to get compensated for the > extra time. > > Patrick Draine >
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