A piano is not "tuned" if you leave it flat/sharp. And trying to "tune it where it is" is bull. I *always* explain-before I arrive-that a pitch adjustment may be necessary and what it will cost. Nobody has ever declined a PR if it is determined necessary. My clients (mostly first-time) are also informed that their piano(s) may also require repairs and/or other services, and what those approximate costs would be. Bottom line, if someone contacts me and is intent to have me just "tune it where it is", I respectfully decline the job. Period. Had that request only once, about 6 years ago. I was more than pleased to turn it down flat...no pun intended! Terry Peterson ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Steve Blasyak" <atuneforyou at earthlink.net> Reply-To: atuneforyou at earthlink.net, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: Paid for Pitch Raises? Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:29:15 -0800 Hey Now, That was a good rant. But basically if the dealer wont pay for a pitch raise tune it were it is. Twenty five cent flat so be it, twenty five cents sharp oh well. If they don't want to pay then they get it where it is, or some happy medium. Steve Orange County Ca. Pura Vida ----- Original Message ----- From: David Andersen To: Pianotech List Sent: 2/12/2007 10:12:17 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. _________________________________________________________________ >From predictions to trailers, check out the MSN Entertainment Guide to the Academy Awards® http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?icid=ncoscartagline1
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