close enough>??

[Farrell]

Hi Corte. I use the term bionic. You'll notice most of the tuners on this list are men..........

I usually require 30 minutes to do a pitch raise pass, and then anywhere from 45 minutes to 90 minutes to tune (usually between 60 and 75 minutes). I've been at it a little more than four years now.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SUSAN P SWEARINGEN" <ssclabr8@flash.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: close enough>??


> 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
> > >
> > >
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> > dporritt@mail.smu.edu
> > Meadows School of the Arts
> > Southern Methodist University
> > Dallas, TX 75275
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