<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick, I work at the fifth largest = dealer in the U.S. and we have technicians, like myself, who always send out their = pianos tuned at A440, or at least we always do unless some pinhead sends one = out before we see it.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Most of these pianos = are very new, and the strings are still stretching on them, the piano hasn't = stabilised yet. Consequently, just about every time we visit a piano in the home, = some degree of pitch-raising is going to be involved. When I do a pitch = raise, it's a two pass affair, and it's the same amount of work for me whether it's 10 = cents or fourty, so I just plan for it. Sounds to me like your dealer is = cutting a lot of corners and expecting you to take care of everything in the home, so = you are only getting the work in the hope that you'll be able to have a new long = term customer. If that is the case, start only taking the work for pianos = that you would want to keep, in the locations that are in your area. Never hurts = to sit down and talk to the dealer, either, about the amount of work his pianos = are starting to need and the time it's taking for you to make the customer = happy in the home, and the amount that you're getting paid to make them happy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</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"><B>From:</B> <A title=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 13, 2004 = 6:29 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> dealer tunings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi List,<BR><BR>I've benn doing in home tunings for a = local dealer for several years now , and I'm wondering what others do in = situations where the piano needs a pitch correction of 25-40 cents.<BR><BR>I've = been charging a flat rate to the dealer and then keep the client, but in = the past the pianos were much closer to proper pitch.<BR><BR>Should I be = charging more to the dealer for the pitch raise ? I don't want to tune a piano in a = new clients home not to proper pitch.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Rick Ucci / = Ucci Piano<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>