Thine Hallow Pitche

[Richard Brekne]

What about per diem, and milage ???? grin... I share  you basic line of
reasoning tho... If it takes extra time then they of course should pay for that
time.

"Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote:

>     OK, here are my thoughts;
>
>     I don't have a problem tuning to A442 or whatever. I don't personally
> like pulling wound strings more than about 8 cents sharp and then dropping
> them back down, but what the hey. What I DO have an objection to is doing
> work for free. So I usually charge for a pitch raise, and a pitch lowering,
> and include that in the price of my services. Kind of like this;
>     Pitch raise to A444; $35
>     Tuning at A444; $75
>     Post Concert Pitch Correction; $35
>     Total; $145 U.S. Dollars.
>     Plus any incidental charges, such as stand by, touch up, anything that
> takes time away from my other activities. Time is money. I love to do this
> work, but not for free!
>
>     If they want the work done, they pay. Period.
>
> Kevin E. Ramsey
> ramsey@extremezone.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Lawson" <lawsonic@global.co.za>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Thine Hallow Pitche
>
> > SACRILEDGE!!!
> >
> > >From you outcasts in the Northern Globe nothing more can be expected
> >
> > You cast aspursions upon the hallowed pitch of 440, brought to this world
> by
> > the Tuning Knights of old!
> >
> > May your hammer bend in the volcanic ash that covers your miserable little
> > rock.
> >
> >
> >
> > Brian Lawson, RPT
> > Johannesburg, South Africa  :)
> >
> >
> > O.K.  Carol wrote about the pitch thing.
> >
> > We normally tune to A440, but the symphony tunes to A442  We don´t take
> > them as far as A444 (unless perhaps when stock tuning new pianos). I heard
> > A444, is concert standard in Austria and the Czech Rep., but that´s
> another
> > matter.
> > I have customers that play in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and I don´t
> > hesitate to bring a piano up to 442, as long as the strings etc. are
> > healthy.  In fact, any time I tune a piano I ask whether there are other
> > instruments going to be used with it.
> >
> > I have NEVER had a problem resulting from tuning an instrument to A442.
> > There has never been a broken string at a concert I have tuned for.
> >
> > So what´s the deal with the holy pitch?  Are there many tuners out there
> > that will absolutely NOT bring a piano above A440,
> > and will -quote- "sooner quit their jobs than do it" -unquote- (hi
> > Carol).  I´m not talking about whether to charge more etc.  just the
> > principle of the thing.  I know this has been covered many times before,
> > but please.
> >
> > Carol knows that I think it´s ridiculous, if the instrument is healthy.
> > <g>  What do other people think?  And what about other Europeans?
> >
> >
> > Kristinn "Psychotuner" Leifsson
> > Reykjavík, Iceland
> >
> >

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no