Bad Pianos Are Good Pianos

[Clyde Hollinger]

Terry,

This is your old spoilsport speaking.  If you're short of work, sure I can see
your point, but on a per-hour basis of actual work, the two days weren't all
that different, were they?  When I schedule five tunings per day (usually a
four-day work week), I'm really not all that excited about unexpected work, but
it's not real big problem, either.  I do what I can within the allotted time and
schedule another appointment to finish the work.

Regards, Clyde

Farrell wrote:

> Last Thursday I had two tuning appointments. I serviced a BAD 100 year old
> Kimball grand. The lady wanted it tuned, but it also needed keys and dampers
> fixed just so that I could tune the darn thing. Four and a half hours later
> it was tuned. Then I went to tune a NEW Baldwin Hamilton. Flat, had to align
> many hammers because they were not hitting the strings, some hammers loose
> from shanks, keys not level, etc. Three hours later tuned. I made $380 that
> day.
>
> Yesterday I had two tuning appointments. I had tuned both within the last
> year (newer Yamaha grand and an as-good-as-it-gets Kimball grand). Both
> within 4 cents of A440. Two pass tunings. Four and a half hours later
> (drive, tune, drive, tune, etc.) I had $150.
>
> I take back everything I have said about junk pianos. I LOVE THEM!!!!
>
> Terry Farrell