What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano

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I am receiving one after the other of these same messages;  any idea =
why?  thanks   Jim
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Avery=20
  To: Pianotech List=20
  Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:00 PM
  Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano


  >my pastor got all over my case. <

  Avery=20

  At 07:37 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote:

    Hi Avery,
    What are you curious about?
    Marshall
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      From: Avery <avery1@houston.rr.com>=20


      > At 02:22 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote:=20

      > >I tune hard listen soft, but at times I'll find myself tuning =
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      > >in a noisy room nursing home, then I'll snap out of it and get =
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      > >work and forget what others think. I walked over to our piano =
on=20

      > >Sunday after church and played the three pivital tones/thirds a =
few=20

      > >times back and forth to check the tuning and my pastor got all =
over my case.=20

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      > Just curious but why?=20

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      > >I keep telling him that the piano is a little out of tune, not =
much=20

      > >but enough to be bothersome. some unisons are out etc. The guy =
that=20

      > >regularly tunes it uses an ETD Sanderson I believe. He starts =
on one=20

      > >end goes up and then does unisons.=20

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      ! > That tells me he's not an aural tuner. No one that is would =
tune a=20

      > piano that way. Except for a pitch raise!=20

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      > Avery=20

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      > >Marshall=20

      > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery"=20

      > >To: "Pianotech List"=20

      > >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:06 PM=20

      > >Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano=20

      > >=20

      > >=20

      > >>Because he tuned very softly (used to working in a store and =
not=20

      > >>bothering the customers/salesmen!=20

      > >>Couldn't hold up to university piano students for 15+ hrs. a =
day!=20

      > >>=20

      > >>Avery=20

      > >>=20

      > >>At 01:45 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote:=20

      > >>>Why didn't his tunings hold?=20

      > >>>Marshall=20

      > >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery"=20

      > >>>To: "Pia! notech List"=20

      > >>>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:23 PM=20

      > >>>Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano =


      > >>>=20

      > >>>=20

      > >>>>At 01:15 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote:=20

      > >>>>>At 01:01 PM 2/9/2006 -0600, you wrote:=20

      > >>>>>>Conrad,=20

      > >>>>>>=20

      > >>>>>>Unfortunately, there's a store here in Houston that will =
only=20

      > >>>>>>pay $15.00 for a store tuning. And damn it, there are =
tuners=20

      > >>>>>>here who will do it for that! :-(=20

      > >>>>>>=20

      > >>>>>>Avery=20

      > >>>>>=20

      > >>>>>=20

      > >>>>>I got $12.50, but that was in '79. I could fill my gas tank =
for=20

      > >>>>>$5 then. Those tooners all on foot? Sleep under bridges! ?=20

      > >>>>>Shopping carts for tool kits?=20

      > >>>>Actually, no. But two of them that I know of are blind. IMO, =
I=20

      > >>>>think they're afraid to say no to that price for fear of =
losing=20

      > >>>>the work. One of them used to tune our "lease" pianos but =
the=20

      > >>>>tuning wouldn't last 'till he got out the door! Now I'm =
doing=20

      > >>>>them for that price because I got tired of having to redo =
them=20

      > >>>>anyway. For free! At least I don't have to go anywhere. He=20

      > >>>>actually had a driver he had to pay!=20

      > >>>>Avery=20

      > >>>>=20

      > >>>>>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician=20

      > >>>>>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045=20

      > >>>>>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076=20

      > >>>>>=20

      > >>>>>-! Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my =
golf score,=20

      > >>>>>- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match =
my handicap.=20

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