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<div>Ann gave you the answer I was about to give. Explain that the piano is not "normal", and that you need to be compensated accordingly. </div>
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From: Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Fri, Jan 11, 2013 5:11 am<br>
Subject: [pianotech] frustrated<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Do any besides me have pianos which take 4-5 hours to tune,
and if so how do you bill for them. I have some Chickerings which take me
that long, and I have a Kawai KG2 (which I’m tuning for a serious concert)
which I simply can’t get stable. Not that I get it set and then a whole
section will go out, but I just can’t get it to go and stay where it
should. I don’t know what to do in those instances. After all I’m
hired to tune the piano, but spending that long is quite counterproductive to
income. I have a customer on whom I spend more than average time but I love
the piano and her as a unique musician. She’s a professional
accompanist. I measured a “pitch raise” after a six month passage
of time, and was an average of 1.1 cents off- so I can tune. But there are a
few which just drive me nuts. Any ideas for sanity in these instances?</span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks</span></font></div>
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