Hi Corte. I use the term bionic. You'll notice most of the tuners on this list are men.......... I usually require 30 minutes to do a pitch raise pass, and then anywhere from 45 minutes to 90 minutes to tune (usually between 60 and 75 minutes). I've been at it a little more than four years now. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "SUSAN P SWEARINGEN" <ssclabr8@flash.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 7:07 PM Subject: Re: close enough>?? > I'm a fairly new tuner but I just can't understand how anyone can go over a > piano twice in just an hour. That seems extremely fast. > > You people are speed demons! > > Corte Swearingen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:25 AM > Subject: Re: close enough>?? > > > > Absolutely! I have my rate set high enough that I just absorb that > > kind of thing. If I can pitch raise and tune in an hour, it's just > > the regular fee. If I think it will take longer, I'll mention the > > pitch raise fee, give them the little technical bulletin on pitch > > raising and go to it. After 29 years of doing this, I can listen to > > a few notes, and take note of the piano's scale and know pretty close > > how long it's going to take. That experience is about the only > > advantage of getting older, but........ > > > > dave > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > > On 1/24/2003 at 8:24 AM Susan Kline wrote: > > > > >At 09:02 AM 1/24/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > >>Where and (more importantly) _how_ do you draw the line? > > > > > >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. > > > > > >I don't see that charging for a 2 cents pitch raise is reasonable. > > > > > >First, if it were closer to pitch than that, a lot of people > > wouldn't > > >even think it needed tuning at all. > > > > > >Second, speaking only for myself, I don't like the diddly nuisance > > >of having to explain extra charges to people at all. I'll do it > > >for pianos which are way, way flat; though I'll also explain that > > >we can leave it low and save a lot of fuss and money for both of > > >us, once I establish that having it low won't matter for what > > >and how they are playing. But I don't enjoy splitting hairs > > >with a new customer. "Now I raised it 2.5 cents @ $-- per cent, > > >and I need to adjust the pedal, that will be $--, and there's > > >a broken bridle tape, that will be $---" > > > > > >I just set my fee to assume that some of these things will often > > >need doing, and do them without asking. Why nickel and dime someone > > >to death? > > > > > >Just MHO. > > > > > >Susan > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > _____________________________ > > David M. Porritt > > dporritt@mail.smu.edu > > Meadows School of the Arts > > Southern Methodist University > > Dallas, TX 75275 > > _____________________________ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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