Paid for Pitch Raises?

[Farrell]

Norma - you have a fabulous attitude! I agree with David pretty much all the way, but there are so many different situations. And truly - David with years and tons of piano experience and living in southern CA, and you with a few years experience living in, geezzzz, tundra comes first to mind - but likely not anymore with global warming - anyway a different piano and cultural setting for sure. With that being said, I suspect what you describe may well demand some alternative thinking. I guess the bottom line is if you are happy and your customers are happy - well, then, what could be wrong with that?

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  With all due respect, I think it's a little different for those of us who have been in the business only a few years.  We're trying to build clientele and gain experience.  I have done many pitch raises and other work for less money than I should have received, but in return I gain clients, knowledge and the opportunity to polish my skills.  I will never let myself be taken advantage of but being demanding as a rookie, either with dealers or clients will get you no where.  

  Doing the odd thing for free is really not so bad when you look at it in this light,  and not all dealers are pond scum.....they're just people too.  "It's a give and take world"......"You reap what you sow"....Clichés perhaps, but true none the less.  I just happen to be in the giving and sewing mode at the moment,  the taking and reaping will come later.

  Best regards,

  Norma Neufeld
  Saskatoon, SK
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