This tuner you would refer this job to...he would charge exactly the same as you would for a "normal" tuning? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Byeway222 at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 9/9/2009 12:39:08 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bluthner birdcage >Hi David, > >I am certainly with you on this. Unfortunately, overdampers are >reasonably rare in the USA and given the popularity there of using long strip muting >for tuning it is not suprising that some tuners come to grief. However, >I wouldn't charge extra for tuning one of our own Brit manufactured rare >Eavestaff Minipianos which have the tuning pins under the keyboard etc. I >know that it will take me an age to do and that I shall be very frustrated >and probably angry at the end of it all. I just pass the job onto another >tuner who I know is used to doing them. We shouldn't charge extra for our >lack of experience. > >R
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