ETD's accurate?

[David Andersen]

Thanks for the clarification.  I'm "intoxicated by the nectar" of doing 
the best job I can in the least amount of time.  Like an into-it surgeon, 
or carpenter, or cinematographer, or studio musician.  

Why do you give away the time you spend working? When I first sit down to 
the piano and play it and inspect it for 5 minutes, I tell the client, in 
person or by phone, how much it's out of tune, and what it needs besides 
tuning, and what I will charge for that work.  I also usually mention 
that after I tune the piano I'll have a much better idea of what the 
piano needs tonally and mechanically. By doing an accurate, musical, 
solid tuning that gives me pleasure, I'm inspiring myself to serve that 
client best in every way.  I need inspiration.  That's just me. 
It's easy to misunderstand people.  I want to stay as simple and black 
and white as possible.

OK then.......David Andersen


>The law of diminishing returns.  At a certain point, laboring over minuscule
>differences is probably not the best use of your time or the customer's
>money.  Instead, put your efforts into areas you can improve upon which will
>make real differences in the customer's perception and enjoyment of their
>instrument.  While you are laboring over that last .01 cent and becoming
>intoxicated by the nectar of creative tuning, I'm lubricating the action and
>touching up the voicing.  Time, and money, better spent.
>
>David Love
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Andersen" <bigda@gte.net>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: September 17, 2002 11:59 PM
>Subject: Re: ETD's accurate?
>
>
>>I read this to mean choose your battles.  Good advice, if you ask me.
>>
>>David Love
>
>David-----please elaborate; your meaning is not clear......thanks
>
>David A.