This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment FWIW, I didn't write that, although I did respond to it. Julia stated: "If a piano is below that, I inform the customer that it = is flat and explain that I can either tune the piano where it is or it = will need to be pulled up ..." When I run into a piano that is significantly flat, I inform the = customer that it is flat and explain that it needs a pitch raise to get = it up to the proper pitch and that it will cost $X above and beyond the = regular tuning fee. If they ask about this, then I will state that an = option is to tune it where it lies - but if they just say okay, and they = usually do, then I start my pitch raise. As I stated before, so often when the piano is flat it is because it has = not been tuned in years. And often it drops in pitch unevenly - you are = going to have to do a pitch adjustment anyway. So yes, I do push to some = extent the piano owner to tune it at A440. But hey, I'm really not heartless. If it's some little old lady and she = tells me some story about fixed incomes and she only has $85 and the = piano is 25 cents flat in the bass and 50 cents flat in the middle and = 75 cents flat in the treble, I'll still tune it for her for $85. I'd = likely run through it doing some blind pitch adjustments and then do the = best I could with a tuning pass and end up somewhere 25 to 50 cents = flat. But I really do hate to do that. You just know that her = Juliard-trained granddaughter will show up next week, play the piano, = and say "grandma, I thought you said you just had this piano tuned?" Terry Farrell In a message dated 2/19/05 2:36:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, = terry@farrellpiano.com writes: 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. Greetings,=20 I tune every piano that is possible to tune at A440 to = A440; by possible to tune at A440, I mean within 2-3 cents of A440. If a = piano is below that, I inform the customer that it is flat and explain = that I can either tune the piano where it is or it will need to be = pulled up ...a pitch raise pass to get it to A440. Then I charge = accordingly. Some pianos require a tuning with a second pass in the = midrange; some take one full pass plus a second pass in the midrange = then tune...still yet others will require 2 full passes then tune and = some even require 2 passes and a 3rd pass in the midrange and then tune. = It depends; depends on what the customer wants.=20 Julia,=20 Reading, PA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f4/7b/6b/ce/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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