I'm a fairly new tuner but I just can't understand how anyone can go over a piano twice in just an hour. That seems extremely fast. You people are speed demons! Corte Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:25 AM Subject: Re: close enough>?? > Absolutely! I have my rate set high enough that I just absorb that > kind of thing. If I can pitch raise and tune in an hour, it's just > the regular fee. If I think it will take longer, I'll mention the > pitch raise fee, give them the little technical bulletin on pitch > raising and go to it. After 29 years of doing this, I can listen to > a few notes, and take note of the piano's scale and know pretty close > how long it's going to take. That experience is about the only > advantage of getting older, but........ > > dave > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 1/24/2003 at 8:24 AM Susan Kline wrote: > > >At 09:02 AM 1/24/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >>Where and (more importantly) _how_ do you draw the line? > > > >You estimate how much extra time you will need, and charge for that. > >If you estimate wrong by ten minutes -- big deal, and you get better > >at estimating. > > > >I don't see that charging for a 2 cents pitch raise is reasonable. > > > >First, if it were closer to pitch than that, a lot of people > wouldn't > >even think it needed tuning at all. > > > >Second, speaking only for myself, I don't like the diddly nuisance > >of having to explain extra charges to people at all. I'll do it > >for pianos which are way, way flat; though I'll also explain that > >we can leave it low and save a lot of fuss and money for both of > >us, once I establish that having it low won't matter for what > >and how they are playing. But I don't enjoy splitting hairs > >with a new customer. "Now I raised it 2.5 cents @ $-- per cent, > >and I need to adjust the pedal, that will be $--, and there's > >a broken bridle tape, that will be $---" > > > >I just set my fee to assume that some of these things will often > >need doing, and do them without asking. Why nickel and dime someone > >to death? > > > >Just MHO. > > > >Susan > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _____________________________ > David M. Porritt > dporritt@mail.smu.edu > Meadows School of the Arts > Southern Methodist University > Dallas, TX 75275 > _____________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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