<div>But what exactly are you guaranteeing? That the piano will stay in tune? No. That it will not slip? No. Perhaps that it will remain *tunable*. Yes? In which case I guess you'd have to demonstrate that it's not "tunable" now?
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<div>I use CA on pianos that *are* "tunable" but have some jumpy pins or that seem to go suddenly out of tune in sections. This is a bit harder to demonstrate and therefore would be harder to sell a multi-year guarantee.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dean May</b> <<a href="mailto:deanmay@pianorebuilders.com">deanmay@pianorebuilders.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I charge not quite 3 times my tuning rate and give an 8 year warranty. It's the value added warranty that sells the job. In my pitch I explain I have been using it for 10 years and never had one go bad. I don't know how long it will last, but I guarantee it for 8 years. I also remark that other top techs around the country have been doing it with excellent results.
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What's the worst that can happen? Perhaps a few might become loose, but if that happens I can pull some more drastic tricks, like removing the pin, squirting plenty of CA directly into the hole and reinserting. Or using epoxy. Or lining the hole with sandpaper. I'm sure you have your own arsenal of tricks. If nothing works I can always opt to simply refund the money.
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Alan Barnard<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:56 AM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">
pianotech@ptg.org</a><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Pricing Pinblock Treatments</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I'm wondering what folks out there are charging, typically, for CA treating an upright block, maybe expressed as a percent of tuning fee or hourly rates.
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Also, are you offering a warrantee?</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Alan Barnard<br>Salem, MO</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I live in a gated community, but they let me out for good behavior.</span></font></p></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">
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