Cents: was help with bad tuning...

[John Ross]

I do sell DC systems to the ones that want them.
I guess it depends on the clientele you serve.
Most of mine have them tuned every few years. That is ok by me. If I were to 
call them to do them every 6 months or even yearly, I wouldn't even be able 
to have enough hours in the day to do them all.
I just wait for them to call me, when they want to.
I prefer to do them when the heat is on, that way I am not tuning for a 
seasonal change.
Remember, most of these pianos are approaching 100 years old, and a 
Dampp-Chaser system would cost more than the piano is worth.
Once again, it depends on your clientele, and what their needs are. I am in 
a rural area, and wages are not high.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry" <terry@farrellpiano.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: Cents: was help with bad tuning...


> Hmmmm, maybe is just depends on the quality of tuning desired. But perhaps
> your customers should be considering humidity control systems! Boy, am I
> ever glad I don't live in a climate that would cause pitch to vary by 30
> cents!!!   :-)
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Cents: was help with bad tuning...
>
>
>> Sounds like overkill to me.
>> None of my customers require anything approaching that exactness.
>> In this area the piano varies in pitch from month to month. I haven't
>> measured it, but I know from Jan. to Sept. some areas are off by 30c.
>> So I am sure it could vary from some week to week by 5c, so why would I
> even
>> contemplate a pitch raise for 5c.
>> 20c plus maybe, and then only depending on the situation, as the majority
> of
>> my customers value their money more than a supposed required pitch raise.
>> A lot of them wait 2 or 3 years between tunings anyway.
>> I guess what I am trying to say, is not all customers need a pitch raise,
>> for the amounts some of you say.
>> John M. Ross
>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:41 PM
>> Subject: RE: Cents: was help with bad tuning...
>>
>>
>> >I don't know about you, but I pitch raise anything over 5 cents low. 
>> >2
>> >passes with an extra charge for extra time and EFFORT.
>> >
>> > David I.
>>
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