If the client wants to tune at the perfect time every 10 years...forget about it. Sell her on every 6 months at a slightly reduced rate...you know it will be at pitch (course I'm in CA) and an easy tuning... Sell her a damppchaser. Make it an opportunity... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 2/23/2010 2:08:10 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuning in climate changes >Yeah fine, tune it after the the weather warms up.... Then, tune it after >the weather turns cold again. No difference there.. Then, tune it again >between the weather changes. My guess would be the tuner is trying to make >him or herself look better than you. > >Dean May is right. They are changing constantly regardless of what people >think or what they wish for their piano to do. > >I tune them throughout the entire year. There is no way that I can tune >everybody's piano ONLY when it is cold or ONLY when it is warm. Besides >that, most of them want it tuned for certain events, tuned in September for >the beginning of choir, tuned before Thanksgiving, Christmas etc... It is >never ending. > >You probably didn't really want a client like her anyway. :) > >Jer > >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Matthew Todd >Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:47 AM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: [pianotech] Tuning in climate changes > >Hi list, > >I just had a cancellation this morning from a client who received advise >from another tuner not to get her piano tuned just yet, because we are in >the middle of a cold spell, and to wait until the weather gets warmer, >otherwise her piano would go out of tune once the weather warmed up. > >That is good advise, however, I was wondering how many of us give that >advise on a regular basis. I guess if some of you would enjoy (and can >afford) a three month vacation, then I am sure that would be the advise you >would give. > >Thoughts anyone? >TODD PIANO WORKS >Matthew Todd, Piano Technician >(979) 248-9578 >http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/> >
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC