I've never been thought of as a speed demon (demon maybe) but to me the secret is doing the pitch raise fast. 11 - 12 minutes and you're ready to start again. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 1/24/2003 at 6:07 PM SUSAN P SWEARINGEN wrote: >I'm a fairly new tuner but I just can't understand how anyone can go over >a >piano twice in just an hour. That seems extremely fast. > >You people are speed demons! > >Corte Swearingen >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:25 AM >Subject: Re: close enough>?? > > >> Absolutely! I have my rate set high enough that I just absorb that >> kind of thing. If I can pitch raise and tune in an hour, it's just >> the regular fee. If I think it will take longer, I'll mention the >> pitch raise fee, give them the little technical bulletin on pitch >> raising and go to it. After 29 years of doing this, I can listen to >> a few notes, and take note of the piano's scale and know pretty close >> how long it's going to take. That experience is about the only >> advantage of getting older, but........ >> >> dave >> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >> On 1/24/2003 at 8:24 AM Susan Kline wrote: >> >> >At 09:02 AM 1/24/2003 -0600, you wrote: >> >>Where and (more importantly) _how_ do you draw the line? >> > >> >You estimate how much extra time you will need, and charge for that. >> >If you estimate wrong by ten minutes -- big deal, and you get better >> >at estimating. >> > >> >I don't see that charging for a 2 cents pitch raise is reasonable. >> > >> >First, if it were closer to pitch than that, a lot of people >> wouldn't >> >even think it needed tuning at all. >> > >> >Second, speaking only for myself, I don't like the diddly nuisance >> >of having to explain extra charges to people at all. I'll do it >> >for pianos which are way, way flat; though I'll also explain that >> >we can leave it low and save a lot of fuss and money for both of >> >us, once I establish that having it low won't matter for what >> >and how they are playing. But I don't enjoy splitting hairs >> >with a new customer. "Now I raised it 2.5 cents @ $-- per cent, >> >and I need to adjust the pedal, that will be $--, and there's >> >a broken bridle tape, that will be $---" >> > >> >I just set my fee to assume that some of these things will often >> >need doing, and do them without asking. Why nickel and dime someone >> >to death? >> > >> >Just MHO. >> > >> >Susan >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >> _____________________________ >> David M. Porritt >> dporritt@mail.smu.edu >> Meadows School of the Arts >> Southern Methodist University >> Dallas, TX 75275 >> _____________________________ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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