<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3>S&S verticals, yes. Grands, no. Nope, not just you. I don't charge more. I don't tune very many of them, so it's not that big a deal. However when I'm in the midst of tuning one (and I've got one little ba$tard in mind....) I seriously wonder why I don't charge more.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I learned to tune on a brand-new S&S 1098. Talk about a rough introduction......  :-0</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:41 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Charge more to tune a Steinway?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>          Does anyone else out there feel that you need more time to tune Steinways? Is it just me or what? I am thinking of charging alittle more to tune them. I have been tuning for 5 years.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall,</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA </DIV><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Start the year off right. <A title=http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target=_blank>Easy ways to stay in shape</A> in the new year. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>