Pitch Raise Fee Structure

[Farrell]

OOps! So sorry. You did point that out. I stand corrected. :-)

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Fee Structure


> >From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
>
> >You would pitch raise a rusty 1948 Acrosonic spinet that was 220 cents
flat
> >for 1/2 your tuning fee? You would be looking at three or more passes
> >before
> >you were ready to tune!
>
> Terry,
>
> You must've not read my post completely...look again and you will notice
> that I stated: "in most cases" below. Of couse there are ALWAYS
exceptions,
> like the acrosonic you mentioned, and i've encountered a few that were
ULTRA
> flat, but very rarely. When/if i do, I always recommend at least TWO PR's
or
> even 3, to help prevent/minimize string breakage, and increase stability.
>
>
> >>That means no matter how flat the piano is, in most
> cases, the aforementioned applies. I usually never have to do more than
> one PR to get it into the "ballpark".<<
>
> > > Terry Peterson
> > > Associate Member PTG
> > > Los Angeles, CA
>
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