New Year's rant; my 2 cents

[Susan Kline]

At 09:39 PM 1/1/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>Semantics. "Offense"? Pleeeze. I respect your methods. If that works for 
>you, great! Charge or don't charge. Can't we all just "get along"...Island 
>Ice tea!
>
>Terry Peterson

Okay, Happy New Year. I do charge; I just organize my charges differently. 
I don't itemize. I define a "tuning" as including whatever I think is most 
urgent, so long as it fits into my basic time (and effort) slot, which is 
set generously enough that most common details (clean the keys, adjust the 
pedals, voice that stinking tenor note, get that knob back on, etc.) can be 
covered. If it's going to take more time and effort than the basic fee 
includes, we talk about how much to do, and when, and the cost 
effectiveness of doing or not doing this or that.

Just don't keep saying that I "work for free". I don't. It's also very 
insulting.

Susan