Paid for Pitch Raises?

[reggaepass at aol.com]

David,

  Your positive self image--and, by extension, your perspective about 
how our profession is seen and sees itself--is inspirational. You go, 
boy!

 Alan E.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: david at davidandersenpianos.com
 To: pianotech at ptg.org
 Sent: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:12 AM
 Subject: Re: Paid for Pitch Raises?

  Daniel---please don't take this personally, brother, but you've 
triggered off a rant.What the HELL are you people doing----working 
without getting paid? That's insane.
  You really need to check your approach to life, IMO, if you submit to 
this kind of bullshit.
  Raising the pitch on a piano takes WORK---intense work, between 20 and 
40 minutes, if done right. To not get paid for that, or to work for 
people who don't intend to pay you for that, is dysfunctional. Period. 
What are you thinking about? Would you ever ask any other kind of 
service tech to come to your house or business and work for 20-40 
minutes FOR FREE?
 Never. NEVER.


  Wake up. WAKE UP. You need to start valuing your time, your life, and 
your skills.
  Stand up for yourself, and tell that a**h**le who owns that  store to 
sell you a piano for his cost.
 See what he says. Wake up.


  Until we demand respect and acknowledgement for our immense knowledge 
and skillset we'll be treated like field hands, or dismissable 
underlings, or naive idiots, or pathetic losers.


 There. I feel better now.


 David Andersen








 On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:21 PM, daniel carlton wrote:

  The owner of one of the stores explained that they don't want to have 
to spend more money than they have to on the used pianos in particular 
if they can only sell it for so much. I guess I do see the logic in 
that, but what about all the pitch corrections I have to do on the new 
pianos? I don't get anything for my time.



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