Charging for Pitch Raises

[Mike McCoy]

Thanks Don,

 Good point.... and this policy is not the same for everyone, I would never charge that much for a new customer that just bought a beast in need of a lot of work, that pricing policy is for people who know better and continue to put tunings off for years. I more often than not discount myself out of business for people in need of a discount. 
 I just think it's nuts to charge next to nothing for PR work and then have to pay Doctor bills for the abuse your body takes.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Charging for Pitch Raises


> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >Mike McCoy RPT
> >Chapters 170 & 190 PTG
> >Langhorne, Pa
> >mailto:mjmccoyrpt@comcast.net
> >
> >----- 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
> >
> >
> >> 
> >> 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
> >> 
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
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