<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I charge for a set fee for a 1.5 hour service = call.  That's more than enough time to cover a pitch raise.  If the piano = doesn't require it, it leaves time to lubricate, check the voicing, or a few = regulation items perhaps.  If it does need a pitch raise, the better part of = the fee will be eaten up by tuning alone.  The benefits of servicing the = piano more frequently, then, are that other areas can be addressed within the basic = fee.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></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"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianowrmonroe@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianowrmonroe@hotmail.com">William R. Monroe</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> April 16, 2002 5:26 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Charging for Pitch = Raises</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I was reading an old essay (PTJ August '90) by Rick Baldassin = regarding Piano Tuning Stability.  Within that article, Rick writes = about tuning for a concert and remarks that after a rehearsal, the treble = was really out.  'Why?  The treble notes were too far out of tune to = create a stable tuning in one pass on the tuning.'  He stated that when he = tuned the instrument prior to the rehearsal, the 6th and 7th octaves were = flat, 'maybe as much as four cents.'</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So, in a nutshell, if your piano is four cents flat, your tuning = will not be stable (for a concert level tuning).  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My questions:</DIV> <DIV> 1.) Really?  Is four cents flat too much to get a = stable concert tuning?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2.) For our regular clients, when do we begin charging for a = pitch raise, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents?  I realize that neither all clients, = nor their instruments will require this level tuning, but where do we draw = the line and say we must raise pitch to get a stable tuning?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am very interested to hear as many opinions on this one as possible.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>William R. Monroe<BR>PTG Associate<BR>Salt Lake City, UT</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>