What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano

[Avery]

Marshall,

At 06:58 AM 2/11/2006, you wrote:
>HI Don,
>I don't know if I can or cannot out performe an ETD and I'd love to 
>eventually have one just for peace of mind in noisey envirorments, 
>but I think there's something to be said for counting beats aurlily 
>rather than simply going up the piano and then doing unisons.

A really good tuner doesn't do that. Even if he/she uses an ETD. If 
you have good aural sklls, set the temperament, then go both ways 
just like an aural tuner would do, checking as you go!

>I think aural tuning and eTD tuning can go hand in hand as well.

Agreed. It's just another tool (or should be) in our arsenal! JMO. 
Anyone I train is going to learn how to tune aurally first. Even if 
"they" eventually use an ETD!

Avery

>Marshall
>ps. I hope I can get my hands on one of these little things so I can 
>see the display for myself and determine how large the print is. I 
>recall this technician's SAT print being small, but I didn' tget a 
>close  look at it.
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <pianotuna@yahoo.com>
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>Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano
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>
>>Hi Marshall,
>>
>>If you feel you can "out perform" an accutuner then you are ready to
>>attempt the tuning exam. Good luck.
>>
>>At 03:22 PM 2/9/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>>>I walked over to our piano on Sunday after church and
>>>played the three pivital tones/thirds a few times back and forth to check
>>>the tuning and my pastor got all over my case.  I keep telling him that the
>>>piano is a little out of tune, not much but enough to be bothersome. some
>>>unisons are out etc. The guy that regularly tunes it uses an ETD Sanderson I
>>>believe. He starts on one end goes up and then does unisons.
>>>Marshall
>>
>>Regards,
>>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
>>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
>>
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