Dear Ed, Pitch raises aren't fun and make our work harder. But if the customer doesn't have their piano tuned often enough to prevent the piano going flat in pitch due to neglect, they should not object to an extra charge for the pitch raise over and above the tuning charge. They have not had their piano tuned for years and saved lots of tuning fees over the years in the process. With regular tuning every 6 months, the pianos wouldn't be 40 cents flat. Now that you have brought the piano up to pitch and done a fine tuning, the customer is happy and rushes to their checkbook to pay you. Since you have done extra work, you should get paid extra. If you are still grumbling after you got paid, raise your price until you aren't grumbling and your customers are! Sincerely, David A. Vanderhoofven Joplin, MO >Ed Carwithen wrote > > This and two others were my days work. All three over 40 cents low. The >other two were Gulbransens. 3 pitch raises and tune in one day is more >than I care to repeat for awhile. (grumble, grumble, grumble)
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