"....I didn't feel like penalizing (a piano owner)......" Is this just an arguably poor choice of words, or is such a thing practiced? Please tell me that no techs around here "penalize" a piano owner for having a piano that is off pitch - whether it was last tuned last week or in 1962. Please tell me we simply charge for our labor and expertise. Am I weird that this would grind me in a bad way? Terry Farrell P.S. Sorry for using your post as an example Rozan - not trying to pick on you - but we see this reference in so many posts and I wonder why. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rozan Brown" <rbrown@chorus.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: Re: Betsy Ross pianos > I figured it would be higher due to the radically different season. I > decided to go ahead and tune it anyway (because she asked me to do it > now), but I floated the pitch high so that it will settle back for the > fall and winter. > > This piano gets played only by the visiting little granddaughter, and I > don't think she'd spend the $$ for a D-C system. BTW, I didn't charge > anything extra for the pitch-lower, mainly because I didn't feel like > penalizing an acquaintance for actually tuning her piano more than > once/year (instead of the usual once/5-10 years), plus she's an > acquaintance. When she calls again, depending on the season, I'll > suggest tunings in the spring and/or fall. > > Rozan Brown > Madison, WI > > John Ross wrote: > > It is higher because of the higher humidity. > > Those that use a cents per $ figure would make a fortune around here. > > Just tune it each season. In Sept it can be 30c sharp, and in Jan it > will be > > 30c low. (Just above the break) > > That is why I tell my customers, (rural) just once a year, when the > heat is > > on. >
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