Pitch Raise Pricing

[Don]

Hi Patrick,

Why not do your clients ear's a favor and start installing DamppChaser
systems?

At 04:12 PM 4/22/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, for starters I charge more than your hypothetical standard tuning
>rate. Here in temperate New England (bone dry in the winter, houses
>frequently overheated; humid summers with open windows delivering plenty of
>humidity and the occasional breeze) there's ALWAYS a pitch adjustment,
>whether the piano was tuned 6 months ago or ten years ago."", and expect
>that a normal tuning appointment will take 1.5 hours. That 1.5 hr. will
>include a half hour pitch adjustment followed by a 1 hr. fine tuning. If
>the piano'  """""""umm well I'm just calling around to get an idea
>how much a tuning will cost maybe I'"  Extra time for pitch adjustments
>etc.on performance instruments (concert hall, school auditorium, church
>sanctuary, etc.) are billed appropriately (while I tend to be overly
>generous with John Q. Public customers). Typically a first John Q. Public
>appointment will take 2.5 hr. (50 to 100 cent pitch raise), and include
>some essential action adjustments, and estimates for future
>improvements.YMMV,Patrick Draine
> 
><toddpianoworks at yahoo.com> wrote:
>     Would you say a pitch raise would be half of the tuning rate, or more?
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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