Church situation

[William Benjamin]

Hello Brian,

An appointment is an appointment.

Having said that, when tuning so closely, my approach is not to disturb the
integrity of the strings.  Don't move anything more than you need to.  If a
string is out of tune 2 CPS, don't go any further than two beets on the
other side of perfect.  Keep things close, but with a little set.

William




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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Don
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:02 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Church situation

Hi Brian,

I have a friend in London who tunes for the BBC. The instruments are tuned
every day. He charges them his usual rate. To "get your mind right"
substitute the word "client" for "Church". If you have a tuning every
Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. do you give those clients a discount?

At 08:04 AM 7/6/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>        Hello List,     Can you help?  I have situation that I have never
>had before and need some wisdom on how to proceed.     A large local church
>called me and asked for a proposal to tune their sanctuary piano.  The
>tuner that they did have was a member of the church and tuned it every
>week….yes every week.  The church is involved with a TV ministry and
>I am guessing that it might need “tweaked” every week.     I am
>told that the piano will NOT be moved as much as it was in the past and
>they are thinking that perhaps tuning it every other week would be
>sufficient.  I did tell the caller that it sounds reasonable, but if they
>feel it continues to need the weekly tuning, then I would work with them.  
>  The music department secretary was very kind and not gruff at all, but I
>am not sure what kind of fee to propose to them.  It would be great to have
>the steady work, but I don’t want to undersell my services either.   
> They wish to have a month “trial period” to see if things work
>out.  I said that it sounded fair to me.     I am used to tuning a piano
>twice a year, so twice a month is new to me.     Is there anyone out there
>who can share some wisdom with me on how I might proceed?     Does anyone
>have a similar situation but the church/institution has you on a retainer
>fee ?     Brian P. Doepke

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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