close enough>??

[Dave Rietz]

ok,
I'm finally biting and responding to a subject.
I have been tuning full time since November and have been tuning pianos for
over a year.   I need more clarification on "pitch raise" .... bear with
me...
when I do a pitch raise, I use the Sat II and re-set the tuner every octave
or so so that it (hopefully) comes out close on the other end :-)... is this
what you mean when you do a pitch raise??  PS it would be helpful to know
where people are located in the country so I can get a barometer of city
rates vs rural etc.
Dave Rietz
Fair Oaks CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: close enough>??


> I've never been thought of as a speed demon (demon maybe) but to me
> the secret is doing the pitch raise fast.  11 - 12 minutes and you're
> ready to start again.
>
> dave
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
> On 1/24/2003 at 6:07 PM SUSAN P SWEARINGEN wrote:
>
> >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
> >>
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> >>
> >> 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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> David M. Porritt
> dporritt@mail.smu.edu
> Meadows School of the Arts
> Southern Methodist University
> Dallas, TX 75275
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