Paid for Pitch Raises?

[Steve Blasyak]

Hey Now,

Well first off Terry, if you had followed the thread I/we were talking
about dealers refusing to pay for a pitch raise. I am with David Anderson's
rant that I will not do work for free. That holds especially true for a
dealer. If I am in a clients home of course I "always" explain the options
and what these options will cost. On occasion yes I fix stuff for free. 

Bottom line is you are talking about dealing fairly with clients. We were
talking about dealers refusing to pay for pitch raises. Apples and Oranges.

Read the thread before you criticize brother.

Steve

Orange County Ca.

Pura Vida


> [Original Message]
> From: pianolover 88 <pianolover88 at hotmail.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 2/12/2007 6:07:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Paid for Pitch Raises?
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> 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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