Highest pitch correction

[Travis Gordy]

Howard:  Please forgive the long delay in responding.  Believe it or not,
with family here from Christmas to about new years, I let pianotech pile up
to about 300.  Tuned the last 7 school pianos Jan. 4th, and now have some
time and interest in catching up with pianotech.

What I meant about tuning twice was that given a neglected piano that is to
be used for a concert I may tune it the day before and the day of the
concert--two tunings.  Most pianos I tune require some amount of pitch
change that prevents doing a good job on one pass, so I do exactly as you
said; rough to pitch once then fine tune.  The SAT which I got a year ago
has made this a lot easier than when i had to guesstemate the amount over
or under for the first pass.  Two pass tuning is so common for me that I
never charge extra for regular customers and often do not for new customers
unless the piano has been neglected for years.  Raised one 100 cents a few
weeks ago and charged $100.  Regular fee is $55.  Drove 60 miles to replace
a string (solid) last Saturday, and charged $75, and scheduled a tuning for
2 months later for which I will charge $75.  The cost of most services is
lower in my part of the country than,  I assume, where you live.

Hope this clears up what I failed to say clearly.  

Travis Gordy, RPT 
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> From: Howard S. Rosen  <hsrosen@emi.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Re:Highest pitch correction
> Date: Wednesday, December 24, 1997 6:48 AM
> 
> Hi Travis,
> 
> I can identify with a lot of what is in this post. However, there is one
> exception.  
> 
> >The only time I tune twice is if  the piano is to
> > be used for a concert, like sometimes a church piano that has been
> > neglected.
> 
> > Travis Gordy, RPT
> 
> Does you mean that on an ordinary PSO that requires a major pitch change,
> you will pitch raise with one pass and then leave?
> Why not justify an increased fee by doing a very quick pitch raise to get
> in the ballpark and then fine tune with a second pass, thereby leaving
the
> PSO with the best that it could possibly sound? Doing it this way, I
think,
> will render a much better completed tuning than just doing 1 pass. If I
> misunderstood your post, please forgive me.
> 
> I am anxious to discuss this as I know that 10 different tuners handle
this
> problem 10 different ways.
> 
> Howard S. Rosen, RPT
> Boynton Beach, Florida
>