Charging for Pitch Raises

[Don]

Hi Mike,

That would only be fair if you took out the travel costs to the client. So
perhaps $90 for the first pass and $80.00 for each additional pass.

At 07:04 AM 4/18/02 -0400, you wrote:
>This is the only reply I have see so far that talks about the wear and
tear on your body, and we need to account for that. I charge $90 for a
tuning and $45 additional for each PR pass and I believe that is a GIFT.
What I am considering doing is charging $90 for each pass. How can you
convince a customer to tune twice or at least once a year for $90 ($450
over 5 years) when it only costs them $180 if they tune it once every 5
years? 
>
>Mike
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>Mike McCoy RPT
>Chapters 170 & 190 PTG
>Langhorne, Pa
>mailto:mjmccoyrpt@comcast.net
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Cc: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:34 PM
>Subject: Re: Charging for Pitch Raises
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>> 
>> On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 06:33 PM, David Foster wrote:
>> 
>> > I have been gratified to find many respondents on this issue that do 
>> > not normally charge for pitch raises.
>> 
>> In my case, it depends on *how much* of a pitch raise. I almost always 
>> do two passes, first a pitch correction, then a fine tuning. BUT when 
>> it's 50-150 cents flat, there's a lot of work to be done. Yes, it's 
>> possible to work really really fast, but it's important to remind 
>> ourselves that leaves us vulnerable to Repetitive Stress Injuries. 
>> Carpal tunnel injuries, tendonitis and such are things we want to avoid. 
>> If I'm raising a piano a half tone I'll go over the thing 3 even 4 times 
>> in one sitting,  with occasional "breaks" tightening flanges, spacing 
>> hammers, etc. The customer understands I need to get compensated for the 
>> extra time.
>> 
>> Patrick Draine
>> 
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Regards,
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