<<< If there's a question regarding pitch over the phone (and there usually is), I get out my trusty Sanderson Accu-Fork and ask them to play the "a" if they can find it. It's pretty easy to slide the point to zero vibrations (unisons aside) and quote a price on pitch adjustments at $1. per ¢ based on the scale on the Accu-Fork. They can hear the fork and you can hear their "a". Fifty cents off is fifty dollars more on the bill if they want A440. If I don't have the fork handy, I'll often quote 70 per cent of my tuning fee as a "minimum", adding that it could be more. $100. might scare them but $70. (with the expectation of more) will get you the >>> Should we assume that your financial example is in canadian $$$?? Matt W, NY
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