<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I turned down a college account once because they had a bunch of uprights in the practice rooms.  I tuned them all once, and it way ugly.  Funny thing is, some tune just fine, others are difficult, and a few are un-tunable.  I've one at the university that falls into the difficult category.  I tune it once per year,  not 4 times per year as I'm budgeted for.   Bob.</font><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:34 pm<br> Subject: Re: Charge more to tune a Steinway?<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_846e4257-d002-4656-b3bf-44bce888512b"> <div><strong><font size="3">I have been tempted to refuse to tune Steinway uprights.</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font size="3">I haven't ran into one, that I enjoyed tuning.</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font size="3">I told one person, whose piano gave me a real hard time, that their would be a premium to tune it, the next time I came.</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font size="3">She didn't call me again, and I am actually glad.</font></strong></div> <div>John Ross<br> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<br> <a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="KeyKat88@aol.com" href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:41 AM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><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-family: ARIAL,SAN-SERIF; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: black;"> <hr style="margin-top: 10px;"> Start the year off right. <a title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target="_blank" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489">Easy ways to stay in shape</a> in the new year. </font></div> </blockquote></div>  <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>