Don't you think that continually harassing the pastor about the tuning is why he is getting on your case? Give him a break... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: pianotune05 <pianotune05@comcast.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: 2/9/2006 12:22:36 PM Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano >I tune hard listen soft, but at times I'll find myself tuning soft in a >noisy room nursing home, then I'll snap out of it and get to work and forget >what others think. 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 >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Avery" <avery1@houston.rr.com> >To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:06 PM >Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano >> Because he tuned very softly (used to working in a store and not bothering >> the customers/salesmen! >> Couldn't hold up to university piano students for 15+ hrs. a day! >> >> Avery >> >> At 01:45 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: >>>Why didn't his tunings hold? >>>Marshall >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" <avery1@houston.rr.com> >>>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> >>>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:23 PM >>>Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano >>> >>> >>>>At 01:15 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: >>>>>At 01:01 PM 2/9/2006 -0600, you wrote: >>>>>>Conrad, >>>>>> >>>>>>Unfortunately, there's a store here in Houston that will only pay >>>>>>$15.00 for a store tuning. And damn it, there are tuners here who will >>>>>>do it for that! :-( >>>>>> >>>>>>Avery >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I got $12.50, but that was in '79. I could fill my gas tank for $5 then. >>>>>Those tooners all on foot? Sleep under bridges? Shopping carts for tool >>>>>kits? >>>>Actually, no. But two of them that I know of are blind. IMO, I think >>>>they're afraid to say no to that price for fear of losing the work. One >>>>of them used to tune our "lease" pianos but the tuning wouldn't last >>>>'till he got out the door! Now I'm doing them for that price because I >>>>got tired of having to redo them anyway. For free! At least I don't have >>>>to go anywhere. He actually had a driver he had to pay! >>>>Avery >>>> >>>>>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician >>>>>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 >>>>>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 >>>>> >>>>>- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, >>>>>- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap. >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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