Wim/Pitch raise experiment

[Farrell]

I base pitch raising fee on number on pitch raising passes. That piano would
have gotten two pitch raise passes charged at 0.5 times regular tuning fee
each. First pass up to pitch and the second pass with the appropriate small
overpull (actually I often go through the top two octaves or so an
additional time to minimize the amount of overpull needed).

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: Wim/Pitch raise experiment


>     If we're taking a vote here, you can count me with Greg and Joe. Last
> Friday I did a 114 cent pitch raise on one of those big ol' Cable
uprights,
> made in about 1925. It was a little like tip-toeing through a mine field,
> but didn't break a single string. Used CLP, just as a preventative
measure.
> Checked bridges and struts before I started too. Good thing it was the
last
> one of the day. I decided right then, that the next time I do that I'm
going
> to have to charge more than I did this time. ( Which was my normal fee
times
> 1.5)  Next time, it's double.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Wim/Pitch raise experiment
>
>
> > Dave, Wim and list,
> >     You may wish to start lubricating the strings with Protek CPL before
> > tuning these old beasts. I'm with Joe on this one. What good is a piano
> > that's perpetually flat in pitch? Isn't ear training just as important
as
> > finger training? I raise pitch on these old beasties all the time. They
> > have all come through just fine without so much as a whimper. I'm sure
> > your also aware of how much livelier they sound when up to the pitch
they
> > were designed for. Never fails to get a "WOW" from the customer.
> >     my two cents.
> >
>
>