Les Ann gave you the answer I was about to give. Explain that the piano is not "normal", and that you need to be compensated accordingly. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, Jan 11, 2013 5:11 am Subject: [pianotech] frustrated Do any besides me have pianos which take 4-5 hours to tune,and if so how do you bill for them. I have some Chickerings which take methat long, and I have a Kawai KG2 (which I’m tuning for a serious concert)which I simply can’t get stable. Not that I get it set and then a wholesection will go out, but I just can’t get it to go and stay where itshould. I don’t know what to do in those instances. After all I’mhired to tune the piano, but spending that long is quite counterproductive toincome. I have a customer on whom I spend more than average time but I lovethe piano and her as a unique musician. She’s a professionalaccompanist. I measured a “pitch raise” after a six month passageof time, and was an average of 1.1 cents off- so I can tune. But there are afew which just drive me nuts. Any ideas for sanity in these instances? Thanks Les Bartlett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130111/84c58ec6/attachment.htm>
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