Mileage

[Don]

Hi Daniel,

You don't know if the fault lies with the piano, the environment around the
piano, abuse by the customer or with your tuning technique. If the pianos
were neglected then a single visit is not going to "put them right". 

Charge for the distance you have to travel.

At 12:31 PM 3/6/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>hi list
>i'm going out of town to work on a couple of pianos that i tuned about
>3 1/2 months ago. on one piano, A4 is wickedly out of tune, but everything
>else is just fine, apparently. on the other, the bass has gone flat a
>little (i did a pitch correction when i tuned it last because the bass was
>flat and treble sharp).   i normally charge mileage for travelling to that
>area, but i'm wondering if it would be right of me to charge either
>customer. my gut instinct is to not charge them, but i just don'
>it's my responsiblity as the technician to make sure those notes
>don't go out of tune early. anybody have any opinions on what would be
>fair?   
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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