I also would have refused. But I'd have charged them for the trip. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dave Nereson Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:09 AM To: ilvey@sbcglobal.net; Pianotech Subject: Re: Why I'm the tuner and they aren't... ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 8:59 AM Subject: RE: Why I'm the tuner and they aren't... > OK, I got an emergency service call at Stanford's Memorial Church. I > came at 4 pm and found of the organist practicing for his performance. > Sorry, he could not stop. > Yikes! You have no idea what that was like. I had to tune it > somehow...SAT III. I didn't have my magnetic mic! Darn! I basically > tuned in between organ tones. Imagine the reverberation of a big > church....yeah, it was real fun. Amazingly, Paul Kummer, the regular > Stanford technician, commented on how well tuned the piano was when he > came back a few weeks later. I would have refused. I mean, there's a limit..... Could a painter reasonably be expected to paint a house while you paint right over him on the same wall with a different color? Do you turn all your sprinklers on full blast when the lawn service guys are tryna mow the lawn? Let the church endure an out-of-tune piano for one service -- it won't kill them. Maybe next time they'll not schedule playing and tuning for the same time slot. I know there are those who can tune through anything, but why should they put up with it? If they make the job harder for you, it should be at least $20 extra, and that's being lenient. --David Nereson, RPT _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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