ball fitting for tuning hammer

[Roger Jolly]

I hate those tuning and prep cost, got a find a way to get them down. Bin
saying that for almost 30yrs. and they still get higher.
A poor dealer.
Roger

At 09:18 AM 07/04/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 4/06/2000 11:35:45 PM, Terry wrote:
>
><<."Also, for those of you who are/have worked as a floor tuner, do 
>you get paid to tune pianos only ONCE, or if it's still unsold after several 
>months, and needs a tuning again, will they usually pay you to tune it 
>again?">>
>
>Well now lets see...hmmm, if you were a tomato picker and were paid to pick 
>all the tomatoes off of a particular bush on a Tuesday.....would you then 
>come back two weeks later and repick the new growth on the bush for free?
>
> If your store runs close to my experience you will find that the pianos
that 
>are best in tune will sell first, not counting some of the less attractive 
>cases, prices, etc. If this is the case then you might point it out to the 
>dealer which should help in the negotiation. In any event, the dealer is
well 
>aware of the fact that new pianos setting on their floor will not stay in 
>tune forever........ or even several months and that they will require 
>periodic retuning. The dealer probably will wish it were otherwise but that 
>won't make it so :-)
>Jim Bryant (FL)
> 
Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505