<!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 6.00.2900.3314" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Kinda new info. I stated six months originally - but thought I should look it up before I go - and found it was seven months and I did the pitch raise. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I do tell them all about pitch raises and related ramifications.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>However, in this case I likely should have spend a few minutes explaining to her that she has a toy piano. But then again, maybe not. Isn't a toy for pleasure??????</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000 size=3>I think this is new info you're now giving us about the tuning 7 months ago having been a 25 cent pitch raise, yes?  <BR><BR>In any event, I strongly suggest making it your policy when doing any pitch raise to (a) confer with the client before the tuning about what to expect, and (b) always leave written info about "What is a Pitch Raise".  I have my own, but PTG's one-sheet is fantastic as well.  You're doing yourself and your client a disservice not to do the above!<BR><BR>Jim Wilson<BR><BR><BR><BR>Message: 5<BR>Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:23:41 -0400<BR>From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><BR>Subject: Re: too picky about tuning<BR>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Message-ID: <004f01c8c4d5$67cc75b0$0701a8c0@DESKTOP><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";<BR>    reply-type=original<BR><BR>Just got back. Piano was in surprisingly good tune - nothing more than two<BR>or three cents off. Only about a dozen notes with whining unisons. Not bad<BR>for seven months after a 25-cent pitch raise.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Trebuchet MS" color=#000080 size=3><B><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Trebuchet MS" color=#ff0000 size=3><I><U>**PLEASE NOTE**</U></I></B></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#ff0000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><I><B>I'll delete the spam-laden "wilsonianj" address soon, so please take a sec now to DELETE that one, then save & use "jimwilsonian@aol.com" from now on. THANKS! Jim</I></B></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B><A href="mailto:JimWilsonian@aol.com">JimWilsonian@aol.com</A></B></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000 size=3></FONT><BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food.<BR>(http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>