tuning with Dampp-Chaser-pitch

pianolover 88 pianolover88@hotmail.com
Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:27:11 -0800


Patrick!!

Great idea! That solves it for sure! (Am I using too many !!??) I'll just 
start adding an additional $30 or $35 to the cost of the system, which will 
still be a bargain based on the long term benefit. thanks!



Terry


>From: J Patrick Draine <draine@attbi.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>CC: J Patrick Draine <draine@attbi.com>
>Subject: Re: tuning with Dampp-Chaser-pitch
>Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:17:24 -0500
>
>
>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
>


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