tuning with Dampp-Chaser-pitch

[J Patrick Draine]

On Saturday, March 23, 2002, at 04:36 PM, pianolover 88 wrote:

> So, I'm having a little dilemma trying figure this one out; the company 
> will NOT pay me to pitch raise a piano if it's already at A440 
> (Warranty tuning), so then the only alternative i can see is to charge 
> the customer when i come back in 3 or 6 months for the pitch raise it 
> WILL need. I'm curious as to what other's would do in similar 
> scenarios. Thanks in advance!
>
> Terry Peterson
>
Terry,
In that situation I'd "eat" the extra work of raising the pitch back to 
A440 (0r overshooting to 442), but price the DC installation with enough 
cushion to "prepay" for that half hour or less that's dedicated to 
raising the pitch.
Your mileage may vary,
Patrick Draine