Right! Up goes the value per service.... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ken Smith" <kensmith at thepianosmith.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 10/8/2009 12:39:56 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Standard Tuning Prices >Everything goes up, unlike gravity. >Kenneth Smith / Registered Piano Technician >The Pianosmith >136 E Main Street >Somerville NJ 08876 >908-526-4334 >www.pianosmith.com > >Hailun Piano Dealer >Petrof Piano Dealer >Galileo Digital Pianos >PianoDisc Piano Player System >Dampp-Chaser Humidity Control System >House of Troy Lamps > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Ilvedson > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:20 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Standard Tuning Prices > Instead of lowering you price add more service for the same fee. Tack on an >extra 15 minutes to touch regulation...clean the case...keys... > Certainly we should all be vacuuming what's accessible, but maybe a more complete >cleaning for no extra charge. Pedals should be adjusted, tighten bench... > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: KeyKat88 at aol.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 10/7/2009 11:21:12 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Standard Tuning Prices > > > >In a message dated 10/6/2009 7:23:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, > >wimblees at aol.com writes: > >My dad's fee for tuning a piano in 1959 was $7.50. Prices, I'm sure, took a > >tumble during the depression, and gradually came back up by the mid > >fifties. (Has anyone reduced their tuning fee during this recession?) > >Greetings, > > > > I am considering it right now. Perhaps to the "tune" of $10 lower. > > > >Julia Gottshall > >Reading, PA
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