On 01/11/2013 09:05 AM, Leslie Bartlett wrote: > > 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 me that 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 whole section will go out, but I just can’t get it to go and stay > where it should. I don’t know what to do in those instances. After all I’m hired to tune the piano, but spending that > long is quite counterproductive to income. I have a customer on whom I spend more than average time but I love the > piano and her as a unique musician. She’s a professional accompanist. I measured a “pitch raise” after a six month > passage of time, and was an average of 1.1 cents off- so I can tune. But there are a few which just drive me nuts. Any > ideas for sanity in these instances? > > Thanks > > Les Bartlett > > Aurally or ETD ? -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / dahechler at att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years
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