This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm heartless!=20 I charge $85 for a tuning. That's one pass (plus unison touchup). I will = also adjust pitch up to about 5 cents in the one pass (although I'm much = more comfortable limiting it to only two cents). If it's more than a few = cents flat, it needs a pitch raise. I charge $40 per pitch raise pass. = If the piano is a half-step flat, it will require two pitch raise = passes, so the charges will be $40 + $40 + $85 =3D $165. I charge $25 to = splice a bass string, $35 for a universal bass string and $25 for a = plain wire string. I don't do any specific follow-up tuning, but rather inform the piano = owner that the tuning will not be as stable after a pitch raise compared = to had it been tuned on a regular basis for years. Depending on the = magnitude of pitch raise, I will recommend that they wait no longer than = three to six months for the next tuning. I have found that when a piano hasn't seen a tuning lever for several = years, even pianos that average out to A440, the treble might be 20 = cents flat, the bass 15 cents sharp, it's going to need a pitch = adjustment pass anyway. I will also say that, at least in my locale, = west-central Florida, all pianos that I see at least once per year do = not need a pitch raise. Terry Farrell Do you do all these 440 tunings out of the goodness of your heart or = charge for the pitch raise, follow up tunings, broken strings etc. cause = most poeple dont want any extra expenses...just so we can play it = syndrome. gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote:=20 I agree. And a lot of the "tooners" around here have "tooned" pianos that were rock-solid and had tight pins to their extant pitch. Lazy, I calls it! BUT if a piano is WAY below pitch, pulling it up CAN produce a lot of nasty ringing in the treble, due to misplaced kinks in the wire from where they long rested against the bridge poins. had one today like that. Thump --- Terry wrote: > I also service mostly older pianos. I leave maybe > one or two a year below A440 (rusty, breaking > strings, little old lady w/ no money, etc.). Why > would "whats in front of me" pose a barrier to > tuning at A440? Ya puts yer lever on the tuning pin > in front of you and you crank it! >=20 > Terry Farrell >=20 > Wether a piano gets the 440 treatment depends on > what its use! d for and the client. I don"t know about > you listers...but not all my pianos I service are > new, and have already been neglected for years. I > can only do what I can with whats in front of me. I > don't consider myself a "tooner" because of it. >=20 > Alpha88x@aol.com wrote:=20 > Greetings,=20 >=20 > Is one way of doing business for > some tuners to just tune the piano "where it is"? In > other words, they check the A and if its close > enough (or even if its not close to 440 ) just tune > the piano so that it is in tune with itself??? >=20 > And even going further, If they have > a regular client, such as a church, to do the above > mentioned thing, cleaning up unisons (so as to do a > "bang-up" tuning) and then, on every 4th tuning or > so pull it back up to A440 or alittle above, so they > are set up to repeat the whole process, thereby > saving themselves some t! ime on intermittent tunings, > yet leaving the customer believing that they are > receiving an A440 ! tuning each and every > time...when they aren't receiving a true tuning (as > far as proper pitch goes) each and every time?? >=20 > Not that I would do such a thing in > my practice. I do not condone it either. I think it > is dishonest. My question is do some tooners do > this?? is it possible?=20 >=20 >=20 > Julia=20 > Reading, PA >=20 >=20 >=20 > Richard > the "Piano Guy" __________________________________=20 Do you Yahoo!?=20 Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Richard the "Piano Guy" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cc/da/50/e8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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