[pianotech] i'll take a pass

[Terry Farrell]

  Which is why I always explain to a caller that if the piano is up or  
near standard pitch, my $95 tuning fee covers what I need to do  
regarding tuning. But if the piano is significantly below standard  
pitch, then we will have to do a separate proceedure called a pitch  
raise to get the piano up to standard pitch before I can tune it. My  
fee for a pitch raise is $45 - but, of course, only if your piano  
needs it. I approach this statement by asking how long it has been  
since the last tuning...... (Yeah, yeah, I know - but this is how I  
present my tuning fee structure to a caller.

That way, no surprises come appointment day.......

Terry Farrell

On Aug 21, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Britney Kirk wrote:

> That’s how I do it.  It gives bad vibes when you get to someone’s  
> house and say, “ By the way, it’ll cost you even more than you  
> originally thought!”
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On  
> Behalf Of Noah Frere
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:58 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] i'll take a pass
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> So am I to understand you have one flat rate for every tuning, no  
> matter how long it takes?
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> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>  
> wrote:
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