[pianotech] Saturday Appointments

[bppiano at aol.com]

I guess I can understand wanting to have a weekend off, but after 25 years of working as a jazz pianist; it seems like a small point. ?I so often have a commercial concert tuning, weddings tunings, etc., it seems pointless to make a "rule". ?I find it much easier to count on a Sunday/Monday weekend as mentioned earlier (despite the Sunday matinee concerts). ?



By the way, I'm just getting over a broken leg, I know I'm not the only tech that's had to find a way to get around schlepping a tool case and such with crutches, how did any of you guys and gals work with that problem?




Bruce Pennington



-----Original Message-----
From: Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com>
To: Ed  Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>; pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sat, Aug 1, 2009 2:04 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Saturday Appointments















Ed,


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I don't work on Saturdays or after 5 pm except for an 
emergency at a church or for a performance. 


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I remember when I lived in New York I got a call from 
Jilly's (the club where Sinatra?frequent and sometimes?sing). They 
said the needed the piano tuned that nights' performance. At the time my rate 
was $50. I said I would do it for $100 plus dinner for two. I told my wife to 
get dressed......... we were going out?for a fine?dinner. ? True story.


?


Al G


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From: Ed Sutton 

  
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:02 AM

  
To: Pianotech List 

  
Subject: [pianotech] Saturday Appointments


  



  
I'm considering establishing a policy of "No 
  Saturday Appointments."

  
It began as a favor to a customer who lived 
  nearby, when they both began working away from home weekdays.

  
Once you make a Saturday appointment, you have a 
  customer who will demand Saturday only appointments, and it doesn't take very 
  many of those to claim most (soon all) available Saturdays.

  
How have others dealt with this?

  
Ed S.




 




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