Wim/Pitch raise experiment

[Farrell]

I'm no expert, but I certainly do have an opinion.  :-)   Even me, Mr. "440
or else!" makes exceptions. I too may have not pushed for a pitch raise
here. If there was a child taking lessons, I may have recommended 440, but
if its just folks banging away now and then, I would agree with your course
of action.

If they will consider getting a better piano in the future, but money is a
big issue, I'll offer to skip the first and last octave for 25% off the
tuning fee! :-)  (Have you ever been asked that one?)

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "sid blum" <sid@sover.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Wim/Pitch raise experiment


SNIP

> Yesterday it was a seventy five year old upright which was more or
> less functional except for the bass bridge...  Serious crack along the
lower
> pins, looked like tuning might be stable enough if additional string
tension
> didn't exacerbate the problem. Still enough side bearing on the upper pins
> that it didn't sound horrible.  Average pitch around fifty cents flat.
> These people can not afford even an epoxy job (of witch I still am not
> convinced).
>
> I have been fearlessly doing 150 cent pitch raises for years, but in this
> case advised to leave piano flat and save money towards new piano.  Was I
> shortchanging my customer?
>
>
> (Oh yes, I charge 150% for pitch raises, the rate goes DOWN for each pass
> since it is so fast)
>