Sure, I was referring more to the clients that tune every 2 or 3 or ...... years. Even so, you make a good point - without stable humidity levels, achieving tuning stability is a wild goose chase. Which I suppose makes the point even more so, that a lack of auto maintenance can be damaging to the auto, while a lack of piano maintenance is in most cases not. William R. Monroe On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: > I really question this. When I first got started, I gave clients a discount > if they scheduled in six months. But after a couple of years I ditched this > idea because I found that the pianos I saw in six months almost invariable > required a lot more tuning than the ones I saw in a year. I was making less > money for more work! > > So I doubt that tuning the piano twice a year makes it more stable. At > least in my climate. > > Ryan > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:54 PM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net>wrote: > >> And, your piano won't self destruct if you skip a tuning or two. Less >> stable, sure, but damage? Car analogies only go so far............. >> >> William R. Monroe >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Tom Rhea, Jr. <rheapiano at cox.net> wrote: >> >>> Well said, Todd, but unfortunately our most people don’t use their >>> piano to go to the grocery store, take the kids to school, go to work or >>> vacation. It just sort of sits there and doesn’t appear to do anything >>> constructive until we sit down at the keyboard. Until a piano starts to >>> have – in the mind of the client – the same utility as the family car, >>> periodic maintenance will always take a back seat. >>> >>> >>> >>> Tom Rhea, Jr. Piano Technician >>> >>> Rhea Piano Service >>> >>> (757) 373-0284 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On >>> Behalf Of *Matthew Todd >>> *Sent:* Monday, August 23, 2010 5:14 PM >>> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] repeat business >>> >>> >>> >>> Susan, >>> >>> >>> >>> I was just trying to remember the last time I took my car in for an oil >>> change and the mechanic said it looked fine and not to bother at this >>> time...... >>> >>> *TODD PIANO WORKS* >>> Matthew Todd, Piano Technician >>> (979) 248-9578 >>> >>> http://www.toddpianoworks.com >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100823/ce05a026/attachment.htm>
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