>...I also charge my standard tuning fee, and I charge extra for >pitch corrections... > >...The budget doesn't even allow for two tunings of every piano in >the music department, let alone pitch raises... > >...So, to keep my sanity, I am now floating pitch, and I am happier >than I have been in several years. > > ...In the past I have knocked myself out and tuned every piano at >A-440 everytime. This has been going on for 4 or 5 years. However, >I get paid nothing extra for this. >David Vanderhoofven David, List, For clarification and so there is no misunderstanding: Floating the pitch of a piano is not equivalent to one pass tunings. A pitch change correction still takes place. In essence one does not escape having to do a pitch change. The pitch change is just not as large and does not end up at A440. Sincerely, Keith McGavern, RPT Oklahoma Baptist University Saint Gregory's University Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
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