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<div>While spinets and other inferior pianos are more difficult to tune, the owners of these are often less financially able to pay for regular tunings and other service. The better pianos are more rewarding to tune; in most cases, the owners are often far more capable of paying for it.</div>
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<div>I try to keep a standard one-price-fits-all plan, and give discounts as I see fit, based on specific situations. I see it as a way of giving something back to the musical community. I have quite a few clients who are less fortunate, but their kids have a lot of talent despite playing on PSOs. I don't want to have them get discouraged from playing. I often do free pitch raises and/or repairs for these folks. Makes me feel better about what I do.</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<br>
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Dave Stahl Piano Service<br>
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http://dstahlpiano.net/<br>
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From: richard.ucci@att.net<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 6:17 AM<br>
Subject: pricing<br>
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<div>I'm thinking about pricing tunings based not only by pitch adjustment,but also by piano type and age.</div>
<div>Spinets and pianos older than 20yrs, highest fee, nicer pianos less etc.</div>
<div>With more pianos and limited time, I would rather tune pianos that I could get better results with and less headaches.</div>
<div>Any thoughts?</div>
<div>RU/UP</div>
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