Pitch Raise Pricing

[mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net]

This will probably not be well accepted but here goes. When I schedule a tuning it is for 2 hrs. What I can do in 2 hrs., minor pitch raise (20 cents or so) and tune, is done at the regular tuning rate. However, if I get done with a tuning in less than 2 hrs.I don't give a discount. I agree that adjusting the pitch and tuning calls for a lot more work but I make up the difference on a regular tuning. Major pitch raise is plus half price for 50 cents and double for 100 cents. Do the math and that comes to 3hrs. for a 50 cent raise and 4hrs. for a 100 cent raise. It seems to me that you can do a lot of tuning in 4 hrs. Sure it's hard, nerve-racking work, and I would rather not do it, but not everything is a walk in the park. I believe in using an hourly rate to figure my fees. Even if it is something I don't like to do. This may sound crazy to you but it is what I do.
Gerald McCleskey RPT




----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Formsma 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:58 PM
  Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Pricing


  On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com> wrote:


    How much do you normally charge for a pitch raise?  Do you base the price off of your regular tuning rate?  Say you charge $100 for a standard tuning.  Would you say a pitch raise would be half of the tuning rate, or more?

  It's going to depend on how flat it is.  If it's more than 40 cents flat, what I'm doing now is two quick pitch raises, with the fine tuning scheduled 3-4 weeks later.  For this I charge a standard tuning fee.  (Keep in mind that this first session is not a fine tuning.  I will also tell the customer that this first session is not designed to be a fine tuning, and they need to have the followup tuning.)


  If I'm doing a pitch raise, and a fine tuning at the same time, the pitch raise will be roughly half of the tuning fee.


  Also, with any pitch correction + fine tuning (say over 10 cents), I'll mention that the fine tuning will not be as stable because of the pitch raise.

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  JF 
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