---------- > From: Dick Powell <dbpowell1@juno.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: RE: Pitch raises > Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 3:06 PM > > most customers I've run across don't know if they need a pitch > raise EXACTLY, and I don't waste time over the phone unless I know they know what A-440 means. But REGARDLESS of whether you "raise to pitch" or NOT, the FIRST time you tune ANY piano, it behooves you to write on the invoice, "second tuning recomended in 30 days to six months". How much TIME spent on this first tuning is up to you, like wise your fee. Before two to three pages are written in defense of this practice, suffice it to say, there is NO WAY you can predict what ANY piano will do after the first time you tune it. The only true diagnosis of whether a piano will hold its tune is at least two sometimes three tunings. (modify that by a factor of how much experience you have and the number of professional seniors you know that will back you up) If your objectives are honest and your skills acceptable, common sense should dictate..... THIS IS THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARD! Richard Moody
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