Joe: Not having tuned a lot of square grands in my time what exactly is the challenge? David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Garrett Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:00 PM To: pianotech Subject: [pianotech] Charges re. Odd Pianos was Bird-Cage stuff "We shouldn't charge extra for our lack of experience." I totally agree! However, I charge a helluva lot more for my experience. Most techs have "caused" the problem, by not learning how to tune Over-dampers and Square Grands and any other weird things that come down the pike. It is human nature to like one's "comfort zone", but the lack of knowlege in regards to these instruments and the lack of wanting to have this knowledge, is ludicrous, IMNSHO!! Because no one will touch such things in my area, I have taught myself the ins/outs of these instruments, over the years. Because I've taken that extra time to become proficient, I charge a heckuva lot more than any of you do, I can darn well bet on that. The onus falls on all techs, (ptg or other)! Besides, the cost of pain killer, (commonly known as Scotch), is not cheap! <G> Also, I've tuned Three (3) Square Grands in one day. And, I'm still 5'11" in spite of it!!<G> Top that one!<G> Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090909/6fe8b345/attachment.htm>
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