<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I am receiving one after the other of = these same messages;  any idea why?  thanks   Jim</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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">From: <A title=avery1@houston.rr.com = href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Thursday, February 09, = 2006 8:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: Re: What's a fair = price to charge for tuning a piano</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>>my pastor got all over my case. < Avery At 07:37 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Hi Avery, What are = you curious about? Marshall   <DL> <DD>-------------- Original message -------------- <DD>From: Avery <<A = href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">avery1@houston.rr.com</A>> = <DD>> At 02:22 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: <DD>> >I tune hard listen soft, but at times I'll find = myself tuning soft <DD>> >in a noisy room nursing home, then I'll snap out of = it and get to <DD>> >work and forget what others think. I walked over to = our piano on <DD>> >Sunday after church and played the three pivital = tones/thirds a few <DD>> >times back and forth to check the tuning and my = pastor got all over my case. <DD>> <DD>> Just curious but why? <DD>> <DD>> >I keep telling him that the piano is a little out of = tune, not much <DD>> >but enough to be bothersome. some unisons are out = etc. The guy that <DD>> >regularly tunes it uses an ETD Sanderson I believe. = He starts on one <DD>> >end goes up and then does unisons. <DD>> <DD>! > That tells me he's not an aural tuner. No one that is = would tune a <DD>> piano that way. Except for a pitch raise! <DD>> <DD>> Avery <DD>> <DD>> >Marshall <DD>> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" <DD>> >To: "Pianotech List" <DD>> >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:06 PM <DD>> >Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning = a piano <DD>> > <DD>> > <DD>> >>Because he tuned very softly (used to working in = a store and not <DD>> >>bothering the customers/salesmen! <DD>> >>Couldn't hold up to university piano students for = 15+ hrs. a day! <DD>> >> <DD>> >>Avery <DD>> >> <DD>> >>At 01:45 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: <DD>> >>>Why didn't his tunings hold? <DD>> >>>Marshall <DD>> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" = <DD>> >>>To: "Pia! notech List" <DD>> >>>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:23 PM = <DD>> >>>Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge = for tuning a piano <DD>> >>> <DD>> >>> <DD>> >>>>At 01:15 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: <DD>> >>>>>At 01:01 PM 2/9/2006 -0600, you = wrote: <DD>> >>>>>>Conrad, <DD>> >>>>>> <DD>> >>>>>>Unfortunately, there's a store = here in Houston that will only <DD>> >>>>>>pay $15.00 for a store tuning. = And damn it, there are tuners <DD>> >>>>>>here who will do it for that! :-( = <DD>> >>>>>> <DD>> >>>>>>Avery <DD>> >>>>> <DD>> >>>>> <DD>> >>>>>I got $12.50, but that was in '79. I = could fill my gas tank for <DD>> >>>>>$5 then. Those tooners all on foot? = Sleep under bridges! ? <DD>> >>>>>Shopping carts for tool kits? <DD>> >>>>Actually, no. But two of them that I know = of are blind. IMO, I <DD>> >>>>think they're afraid to say no to that = price for fear of losing <DD>> >>>>the work. One of them used to tune our = "lease" pianos but the <DD>> >>>>tuning wouldn't last 'till he got out the = door! Now I'm doing <DD>> >>>>them for that price because I got tired = of having to redo them <DD>> >>>>anyway. For free! At least I don't have = to go anywhere. He <DD>> >>>>actually had a driver he had to pay! <DD>> >>>>Avery <DD>> >>>> <DD>> >>>>>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard = Technician <DD>> >>>>>Luther College, 700 College Dr., = Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 <DD>> >>>>>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax = 1-(563)-387-1076 <DD>> >>>>> <DD>> >>>>>-! Right now, I'm hoping to live = until my age matches my golf score, <DD>> >>>>>- Until then, I'll have to be content = to have my IQ match my handicap. <DD>> >>>>> <DD>> = >>>>>_______________________________________________ <DD>> >>>>>Pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" = eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> = <DD>> = >>>>_______________________________________________ <DD>> >>>>Pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" = eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> = <DD>> = >>>_______________________________________________ <DD>> >>>Pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" = eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> = <DD>> >> <DD>> >>_______________________________________________ = <DD>> >>Pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" = eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> = <DD>> > <DD>> >_______________________________________________ <DD>> >Pianotech list info: <A = href="http://www.ptg.org/ma" eudora="autourl">http://www.ptg.org/ma</A> ! = ilman/listinfo/pianotech <DD>> <DD>> _______________________________________________ <DD>> Pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" = eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> </DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>