What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano

[pianotune05@comcast.net]

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Wow this is a reply to an old post. I almost forgot about that. NO my pastor is fine.  I didn't pester him at all about tuning. He just can't stand hearing a piano being tuned.  When the regular guy used to tune, he could't stand it.  I mentioned that the piano was a bit out of tune.  I don't keep asking. If he's interested, he'll come around.  
Marshall

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From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> 

> Don't you think that continually harassing the pastor about the tuning is why he 
> is getting on your case? Give him a break... 
> 
> David Ilvedson, RPT 
> Pacifica, California 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- 
> From: pianotune05 
> To: "Pianotech List" 
> Received: 2/9/2006 12:22:36 PM 
> Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano 
> 
> 
> >I tune hard listen soft, but at times I'll find myself tuning soft in a 
> >noisy room nursing home, then I'll snap out of it and get to work and forget 
> >what others think. I walked over to our piano on Sunday after church and 
> >played the three pivital tones/thirds a few times back and forth to check 
> >the tuning and my pastor got all over my case. I keep telling him that the 
> >piano is a little out of tune, not much but enough to be bothersome. some 
> >unisons are out etc. The guy that regularly tunes it uses an ETD Sanderson I 
> >believe. He starts on one end goes up and then does unisons. 
> >Marshall 
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Avery" 
> >To: "Pianotech List" 
> >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:06 PM 
> >Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano 
> 
> 
> >> Because he tuned very softly (used to working in a store and not bothering 
> >> the customers/salesmen! 
> >> Couldn't hold up to university piano students for 15+ hrs. a day! 
> >> 
> >> Avery 
> >> 
> >> At 01:45 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: 
> >>>Why didn't his tunings hold? 
> >>>Marshall 
> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" 
> >>>To: "Pianotech List" 
> >>>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:23 PM 
> >>>Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>>At 01:15 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: 
> >>>>>At 01:01 PM 2/9/2006 -0600, you wrote: 
> >>>>>>Conrad, 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>>Unfortunately, there's a store here in Houston that will only pay 
> >>>>>>$15.00 for a store tuning. And damn it, there are tuners here who will 
> >>>>>>do it for that! :-( 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>>Avery 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>I got $12.50, but that was in '79. I could fill my gas tank for $5 then. 
> >>>>>Those tooners all on foot? Sleep under bridges? Shopping carts for tool 
> >>>>>kits? 
> >>>>Actually, no. But two of them that I know of are blind. IMO, I think 
> >>>>they're afraid to say no to that price for fear of losing the work. One 
> >>>>of them used to tune our "lease" pianos but the tuning wouldn't last 
> >>>>'till he got out the door! Now I'm doing them for that price because I 
> >>>>got tired of having to redo them anyway. For free! At least I don't have 
> >>>>to go anywhere. He actually had a driver he had to pay! 
> >>>>Avery 
> >>>> 
> >>>>>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician 
> >>>>>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 
> >>>>>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, 
> >>>>>- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap. 
> >>>>> 
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