Hi Dave! Yes, this is what I do when I "pitch raise" a piano. If it's a floor tuning, sometimes it comes out good enough without a second pass. Otherwise, I'll go over it again without any overpull for a fine tuning. Then I'll check it by ear to make sure, and touch up any notes that aren't dead-on (unisons). I'm low for my area, San Diego. I charge $75 for tuning, $100 including a pitch raise (two passes). Paul McCloud San Diego -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dave Rietz Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:32 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: close enough>?? 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 > >> > >> *********** 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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