This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Kline To: Pianotech Sent: = Friday, January 24, 2003 9:24 AM Subject: Re: close enough>??=20 You estimate how much extra time you will need, and charge for that. If = you estimate wrong by ten minutes -- big deal, and you get better at = estimating.=20 I don't see that charging for a 2 cents pitch raise is reasonable.=20 First, if it were closer to pitch than that, a lot of people wouldn't = even think it needed tuning at all.=20 OK, I think that it was I who made the reference to a 2 cent = pitch raise. At least, I do remember saying that I would usually go over = the piano twice if it were a little flat. To be truthful, I usually go = over a piano twice if I'm trying to give it a good solid tuning that's = going to last a year. I DIDN'T SAY I CHARGED ANY EXTRA FOR IT! Sorry, = hate to have to shout.=20 The most I ever charged for a pitch raise and tuning was $120. The = lady had gotten a very decorative Acrosonic from her Mother's estate, = and it hadn't been tuned in twenty years. After I got there, she and her = husband disappeared, leaving me in the situation of not being able to = discuss things with her. ( They went water skiing in their back yard = lake.) So I said, well, better do it right. I did over three passes on = it to get it up without breaking anything, put CLP on the bearing = points, etc. I was there about three hours. When I was done I gave her = the bill, and told her that she would never get another one that large = unless she let it go another twenty years. Still, I think I undercharged = her.=20 Kevin E. Ramsey ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/07/4f/4d/6b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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