Pricing Pinblock Treatments

[Jason Kanter]

But what exactly are you guaranteeing? That the piano will stay in tune? No.
That it will not slip? No. Perhaps that it will remain *tunable*. Yes? In
which case I guess you'd have to demonstrate that it's not "tunable" now?

I use CA on pianos that *are* "tunable" but have some jumpy pins or that
seem to go suddenly out of tune in sections. This is a bit harder to
demonstrate and therefore would be harder to sell a multi-year guarantee.

Jason Kanter

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On 7/19/07, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:
>
>  I charge not quite 3 times my tuning rate and give an 8 year warranty.
> It's the value added warranty that sells the job. In my pitch I explain I
> have been using it for 10 years and never had one go bad. I don't know how
> long it will last, but I guarantee it for 8 years. I also remark that other
> top techs around the country have been doing it with excellent results.
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> What's the worst that can happen? Perhaps a few might become loose, but if
> that happens I can pull some more drastic tricks, like removing the pin,
> squirting plenty of CA directly into the hole and reinserting. Or using
> epoxy. Or lining the hole with sandpaper. I'm sure you have your own arsenal
> of tricks. If nothing works I can always opt to simply refund the money.
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> *Dean*
>
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
>
> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
>
> Terre Haute IN  47802
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Alan Barnard
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:56 AM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Pricing Pinblock Treatments
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>
> I'm wondering what folks out there are charging, typically, for CA
> treating an upright block, maybe expressed as a percent of tuning fee or
> hourly rates.
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> Also, are you offering a warrantee?
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> Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
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> I live in a gated community, but they let me out for good behavior.
>
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