<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> A pitch raise is a *separate* procedure and takes about 30 minutes, or 1/2 the time of a typical fine tuning. Therefore, I charge accordingly; pitch raise fee is 1/2 that of my tuning fee. Tuning fee on top of that. I charge for my time just like an electrician or plumber, etc. If a client is on a bi-annual tuning schedule, then they are not incurring the PR charge. <br><br>Terry Peterson<br><br><blockquote><hr>From: mccleskey112@bellsouth.net<br>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Pricing<br>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:42:26 -0500<br><br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> <style> </style> <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="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -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="formsma@gmail.com" href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</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 List</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> Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:58 PM</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> Re: Pitch Raise Pricing</div> <div><br></div> <div class="EC_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="EC_gmail_quote"><br> <blockquote class="EC_gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <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="EC_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> </blockquote><br /><hr />Make i'm yours. <a href='http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Contribute/Default.aspx?source=TXT_TAGHM_MSN_Make_IM_Yours' target='_new'>Create a custom banner to support your cause.</a></body> </html>