[pianotech] Pitch raise criteria

[Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft]

Rob,

You've gotten lots of information on when to do a pitch raise so I won't add to that. I have always charged half of my regular tuning rate for a pitch raise.

Al G
  From: Terry Farrell 
  Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 5:24 AM
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pitch raise criteria


  Don't sweat it too much Rob. Some of us seem to never really get into the "high speed" category. Now maybe there's something wrong with me (well, we KNOW that!) but I've been tuning pianos for more than ten years now and on a regular basis it take me two hours to do a full pitch raise and tuning on a piano that has been neglected from some years. If the piano is up to pitch, it usually takes me 75 minutes to tune it - sometimes, if the piano is very cooperative, I can do it in an hour.


  These guys that pitch raise, tune and repair a piano in one hour (and do good work), have skills and techniques beyond what I have. I wish I could work that fast. I've gone to the speed classes and the techniques I've tried just haven't worked for me.


  Terry Farrell


  On Aug 1, 2009, at 10:24 PM, John Formsma wrote:


    On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> wrote:

      Jer,

      I still don't see how you can do all that in an hour! :-) I'm still taking about 2 hours, sometimes 10-15 minutes longer on the more difficult pianos.  I guess my time will come down with more experience.

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