One more tuning question...

[Terry]

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I charge $85 for a tuning. That's one pass (plus unison touchup). I will =
also adjust pitch up to about 5 cents in the one pass (although I'm much =
more comfortable limiting it to only two cents). If it's more than a few =
cents flat, it needs a pitch raise. I charge $40 per pitch raise pass. =
If the piano is a half-step flat, it will require two pitch raise =
passes, so the charges will be $40 + $40 + $85 =3D $165. I charge $25 to =
splice a bass string, $35 for a universal bass string and $25 for a =
plain wire string.

I don't do any specific follow-up tuning, but rather inform the piano =
owner that the tuning will not be as stable after a pitch raise compared =
to had it been tuned on a regular basis for years. Depending on the =
magnitude of pitch raise, I will recommend that they wait no longer than =
three to six months for the next tuning.

I have found that when a piano hasn't seen a tuning lever for several =
years, even pianos that average out to A440, the treble might be 20 =
cents flat, the bass 15 cents sharp, it's going to need a pitch =
adjustment pass anyway. I will also say that, at least in my locale, =
west-central Florida, all pianos that I see at least once per year do =
not need a pitch raise.

Terry Farrell
  Do you do all these 440 tunings out of the goodness of your heart or =
charge for the pitch raise, follow up tunings, broken strings etc. cause =
most poeple dont want any extra expenses...just so we can play it =
syndrome.

  gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote:=20
    I agree. And a lot of the "tooners" around here have
    "tooned" pianos that were rock-solid and had tight
    pins to their extant pitch. Lazy, I calls it!
    BUT if a piano is WAY below pitch, pulling it up CAN
    produce a lot of nasty ringing in the treble, due to
    misplaced kinks in the wire from where they long
    rested against the bridge poins. had one today like
    that.
    Thump

    --- Terry wrote:

    > I also service mostly older pianos. I leave maybe
    > one or two a year below A440 (rusty, breaking
    > strings, little old lady w/ no money, etc.). Why
    > would "whats in front of me" pose a barrier to
    > tuning at A440? Ya puts yer lever on the tuning pin
    > in front of you and you crank it!
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    > Terry Farrell
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    > Wether a piano gets the 440 treatment depends on
    > what its use! d for and the client. I don"t know about
    > you listers...but not all my pianos I service are
    > new, and have already been neglected for years. I
    > can only do what I can with whats in front of me. I
    > don't consider myself a "tooner" because of it.
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    > Alpha88x@aol.com wrote:=20
    > Greetings,=20
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    > Is one way of doing business for
    > some tuners to just tune the piano "where it is"? In
    > other words, they check the A and if its close
    > enough (or even if its not close to 440 ) just tune
    > the piano so that it is in tune with itself???
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    > And even going further, If they have
    > a regular client, such as a church, to do the above
    > mentioned thing, cleaning up unisons (so as to do a
    > "bang-up" tuning) and then, on every 4th tuning or
    > so pull it back up to A440 or alittle above, so they
    > are set up to repeat the whole process, thereby
    > saving themselves some t! ime on intermittent tunings,
    > yet leaving the customer believing that they are
    > receiving an A440 ! tuning each and every
    > time...when they aren't receiving a true tuning (as
    > far as proper pitch goes) each and every time??
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    > Not that I would do such a thing in
    > my practice. I do not condone it either. I think it
    > is dishonest. My question is do some tooners do
    > this?? is it possible?=20
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    > Julia=20
    > Reading, PA
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    > Richard
    > the "Piano Guy"




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