<!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 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This will probably not be well accepted but here goes. When I schedule a tuning it is for 2 hrs. What I can do in 2 hrs., minor pitch raise (20 cents or so) and tune, is done at the regular tuning rate. However, if I get done with a tuning in less than 2 hrs.I don't give a discount. I agree that adjusting the pitch and tuning calls for a lot more work but I make up the difference on a regular tuning. Major pitch raise is plus half price for 50 cents and double for 100 cents. Do the math and that comes to 3hrs. for a 50 cent raise and 4hrs. for a 100 cent raise. It seems to me that you can do a lot of tuning in 4 hrs. Sure it's hard, nerve-racking work, and I would rather not do it, but not everything is a walk in the park. I believe in using an hourly rate to figure my fees. Even if it is something I don't like to do. This may sound crazy to you but it is what I do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gerald McCleskey RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pitch Raise Pricing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Matthew Todd <<A href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">toddpianoworks@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV>How much do you normally charge for a pitch raise?  Do you base the price off of your regular tuning rate?  Say you charge $100 for a standard tuning.  Would you say a pitch raise would be half of the tuning rate, or more?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV>It's going to depend on how flat it is.  If it's more than 40 cents flat, what I'm doing now is two quick pitch raises, with the fine tuning scheduled 3-4 weeks later.  For this I charge a standard tuning fee.  (Keep in mind that this first session is <SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">not</SPAN> a fine tuning.  I will also tell the customer that this first session is not designed to be a fine tuning, and they need to have the followup tuning.)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>If I'm doing a pitch raise, and a fine tuning at the same time, the pitch raise will be roughly half of the tuning fee.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Also, with any pitch correction + fine tuning (say over 10 cents), I'll mention that the fine tuning will not be as stable because of the pitch raise.</DIV><BR>-- <BR>JF </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>