[pianotech] Tuning in climate changes

[David Ilvedson]

If the client wants to tune at the perfect time every 10 years...forget about it.   Sell her on every 6 months at a slightly reduced rate...you know it will be at pitch (course I'm in CA) and an easy tuning...
Sell her a damppchaser.   Make it an opportunity...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 2/23/2010 2:08:10 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuning in climate changes


>Yeah fine, tune it after the the weather warms up....  Then, tune it after
>the weather turns cold again.  No difference there..  Then, tune it again
>between the weather changes.  My guess would be the tuner is trying to make
>him or herself look better than you.   

> 

>Dean May is right.  They are changing constantly regardless of what people
>think or what they wish for their piano to do.  

> 

>I tune them throughout the entire year.  There is no way that I can tune
>everybody's piano ONLY when it is cold or ONLY when it is warm.  Besides
>that, most of them want it tuned for certain events, tuned in September for
>the beginning of choir, tuned before Thanksgiving, Christmas etc...  It is
>never ending.  

> 

>You probably didn't really want a client like her anyway.  :)

> 

>Jer

> 

>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Matthew Todd
>Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:47 AM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: [pianotech] Tuning in climate changes

> 


>Hi list,

> 

>I just had a cancellation this morning from a client who received advise
>from another tuner not to get her piano tuned just yet, because we are in
>the middle of a cold spell, and to wait until the weather gets warmer,
>otherwise her piano would go out of tune once the weather warmed up.

> 

>That is good advise, however, I was wondering how many of us give that
>advise on a regular basis.  I guess if some of you would enjoy (and can
>afford) a three month vacation, then I am sure that would be the advise you
>would give.

> 

>Thoughts anyone?

>TODD PIANO WORKS 
>Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
>(979) 248-9578

>http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/> 

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