<html><body> <DIV>Hi Avery,</DIV> <DIV>What are you curious about?</DIV> <DIV>Marshall</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- From: Avery <avery1@houston.rr.com> > At 02:22 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: > >I tune hard listen soft, but at times I'll find myself tuning soft > >in a noisy room nursing home, then I'll snap out of it and get to > >work and forget what others think. I walked over to our piano on > >Sunday after church and played the three pivital tones/thirds a few > >times back and forth to check the tuning and my pastor got all over my case. > > Just curious but why? > > >I keep telling him that the piano is a little out of tune, not much > >but enough to be bothersome. some unisons are out etc. The guy that > >regularly tunes it uses an ETD Sanderson I believe. He starts on one > >end goes up and then does unisons. > > That tells me he's not an aural tuner. No one that is would tune a > piano that way. Except for a pitch raise! > > Avery > > >Marshall > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" <AVERY1@HOUSTON.RR.COM> > >To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> > >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:06 PM > >Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano > > > > > >>Because he tuned very softly (used to working in a store and not > >>bothering the customers/salesmen! > >>Couldn't hold up to university piano students for 15+ hrs. a day! > >> > >>Avery > >> > >>At 01:45 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: > >>>Why didn't his tunings hold? > >>>Marshall > >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" <AVERY1@HOUSTON.RR.COM> > >>>To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> > >>>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:23 PM > >>>Subject: Re: What's a fair price to charge for tuning a piano > >>> > >>> > >>>>At 01:15 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: > >>>>>At 01:01 PM 2/9/2006 -0600, you wrote: > >>>>>>Conrad, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Unfortunately, there's a store here in Houston that will only > >>>>>>pay $15.00 for a store tuning. And damn it, there are tuners > >>>>>>here who will do it for that! :-( > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Avery > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>I got $12.50, but that was in '79. I could fill my gas tank for > >>>>>$5 then. Those tooners all on foot? Sleep under bridges? > >>>>>Shopping carts for tool kits? > >>>>Actually, no. But two of them that I know of are blind. IMO, I > >>>>think they're afraid to say no to that price for fear of losing > >>>>the work. One of them used to tune our "lease" pianos but the > >>>>tuning wouldn't last 'till he got out the door! Now I'm doing > >>>>them for that price because I got tired of having to redo them > >>>>anyway. For free! At least I don't have to go anywhere. He > >>>>actually had a driver he had to pay! > >>>>Avery > >>>> > >>>>>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician > >>>>>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > >>>>>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 > >>>>> > >>>>>- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, > >>>>>- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap. > >>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>