advice

[Jon Page]

In this scenario I would probably just charge by the hour and not guarantee
the tunings matching note per note or stability. But if the budget will
bear it,
pitch the pianos before they're moved. However I suspect the moving costs
have already strained the reverend's purse strings. 

AN ETD helps in this tuning escapade.

Good Luck,

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 07:02 AM 9/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Even having chatted with the illustrious Jim B, I find myself still in a
>quandry, and would like some advice to the
>inexperienced....................
>I tune for a school district.
>One of the teachers told me he wanted me to tune for a "concert", put on
>by his church, using three school pianos (a 7' Young Chang,  two Yamaha
>P22's) and a rented "grand" -no make at this time.
>The pianos will be moved Friday afternoon.
>The performers want to practice at noon Saturday.
>Concert is Saturday night.
>They want me to tune four pianos together in four hours........... 
>Shouldn't be a problem if they were tuned by me at 440..........  But
>with school pianos, if they go sharp a beat or, two, or three, I leave
>them, because in four months when I tune them again, they will have
>fallen back down.
>
>My quandry.  Four hours, four pianos-  If they're close, it's possible,
>BUT...........
>The REVEREND has already complained about my taking four hours to tune
>because they have to pay rent on the auditorium during all time it's "in
>use", so probably doesn't even imagine paying full price for four
>tunings, and probably can't understand why a moved piano won't stay tuned
>the very next day.
>
>What would you do?????????
>
>Thanx
>
>Leslie Bartlett
>
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