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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FWIW, I didn't write that, although I =
did respond
to it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia stated: "If a piano is =
below that, I
inform the customer that it is flat and explain that I can either tune =
the piano
where it is or it will need to be pulled up ..."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I run into a piano that is =
significantly flat,
I inform the customer that it is flat and explain that it needs a pitch =
raise to
get it up to the proper pitch and that it will cost $X above and beyond =
the
regular tuning fee. If they ask about this, then I will state that an =
option is
to tune it where it lies - but if they just say okay, and they usually =
do, then
I start my pitch raise.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As I stated before, so often when the =
piano is flat
it is because it has not been tuned in years. And often it drops in =
pitch
unevenly - you are going to have to do a pitch adjustment anyway. So =
yes, I do
push to some extent the piano owner to tune it at A440.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But hey, I'm really not heartless. If =
it's some
little old lady and she tells me some story about fixed incomes and she =
only has
$85 and the piano is 25 cents flat in the bass and 50 cents flat in the =
middle
and 75 cents flat in the treble, I'll still tune it for her for $85. I'd =
likely
run through it doing some blind pitch adjustments and then do the best I =
could
with a tuning pass and end up somewhere 25 to 50 cents flat. But I =
really do
hate to do that. You just know that her Juliard-trained granddaughter =
will show
up next week, play the piano, and say "grandma, I thought you said you =
just had
this piano tuned?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV><FONT =
face=arial,helvetica><FONT
lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">In a =
message dated
2/19/05 2:36:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Do you do all these 440 tunings out of the goodness of =
your
heart or charge for the pitch raise, follow up tunings, broken =
strings etc.
cause most poeple dont want any extra expenses...just so we can play =
it
syndrome.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Greetings,
=
<BR><BR><BR> &=
nbsp;
I tune every piano that is possible to tune at A440 to A440; by =
possible to
tune at A440, I mean within 2-3 cents of A440. If a piano is below =
that, I
inform the customer that it is flat and explain that I can either tune =
the
piano where it is or it will need to be pulled up ...a pitch raise =
pass to get
it to A440. Then I charge accordingly. Some pianos require a tuning =
with a
second pass in the midrange; some take one full pass plus a second =
pass in the
midrange then tune...still yet others will require 2 full passes then =
tune and
some even require 2 passes and a 3rd pass in the midrange and then =
tune. It
depends; depends on what the customer wants. <BR><BR>Julia, =
<BR>Reading,
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