This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "When it is evident the piano will not hold after one tuning..." What conditions might support this conclusion? Shouldn't this be decided = before tuning? "If the strings feel they won't break..." How do you make this determination? "...I pull them a couple of cents sharp." There are more accurate ways..... "It's amazing how it will hold." Why? I think you should be able to plan on it. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Kenny Finlayson=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:07 PM Subject: Help with bad tuning Hi Doug Renz in Rochester NY. =20 When it is evident the piano will not hold after one tuning, tell the = customer he needs a pitch raise. For a pitch raise, I charge little more = than half that of a tuning. The cost of a tuning, after all, includes = the expense of a car and time wasted on transportation. A second tuning = should not include all of that. On the pitch raise, I do not spend time fine tuning. I can get it done = in little over a half hour. If the strings feel they won't break, I pull = them a couple of cents sharp. =20 Then a good tuning on top of it. It's amazing how it will hold. If it = is a full tone out, tell him he'll have to tune it again in three to six = months.=20 =20 If the customer can't live with paying 1 =BD times more for a tuning, = tell him to get someone else. There is good reason for this, namely the = problem you ran into - now he thinks you're a lousy tuner. Let someone = else look after him.=20 =20 Kenny Finlayson, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/36/08/f5/f0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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