pitch raising survey

[Dave Hall]

At 09:28 AM 03/06/2000 EST, you wrote:
>Just wondering, at what point do techs start charging for pitch raises? (or 
>lowering)
>I always include a little pitching in my standard tuning fee but what is a 
>little? I believe if a customer has failed to keep the piano tuned they need 
>to pay for the extra work. It is normally expected for the pitch to drift 
>some between schedule tunes but how far until we start charging for those 
>pitch fees? Care to comment?
>BP
>
>

At this point it looks like tuning any piano that is over 5 cents low is a
pitch raise in most opinions.  To me, that means that every piano tuning is
a pitch raise because I can't remember when I have found a piano that was
less that 5 cents off.  I guess maybe "one price fits all".

Dave