Paid for Pitch Raises?

[pianolover 88]

A piano is not "tuned" if you leave it flat/sharp. And trying to "tune it 
where it is" is bull. I *always* explain-before I arrive-that a pitch 
adjustment may be necessary and what it will cost. Nobody has ever declined 
a PR if it is determined necessary. My clients (mostly first-time) are also 
informed that their piano(s) may also require repairs and/or other services, 
and what those approximate costs would be.

Bottom line, if someone contacts me and is intent to have me just "tune it 
where it is", I respectfully decline the job. Period. Had that request only 
once, about 6 years ago. I was more than pleased to turn it down flat...no 
pun intended!

Terry Peterson



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Steve Blasyak" <atuneforyou at earthlink.net>
Reply-To: atuneforyou at earthlink.net, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: Paid for Pitch Raises?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:29:15 -0800

Hey Now,

That was a good rant. But basically if the dealer wont pay for a pitch raise 
tune it were it is. Twenty five cent flat so be it, twenty five cents sharp 
oh well. If they don't want to pay then they get it where it is,  or some 
happy medium.

Steve

Orange County Ca.

Pura Vida


----- Original Message -----
From: David Andersen
To: Pianotech List
Sent: 2/12/2007 10:12:17 AM
Subject: Re: Paid for Pitch Raises?


Daniel---please don't take this personally, brother, but you've triggered 
off a rant.
What the HELL are you people doing----working without getting paid? That's 
insane.
You really need to check your approach to life, IMO, if you submit to this 
kind of bullshit.
Raising the pitch on a piano takes WORK---intense work, between 20 and 40 
minutes, if done right. To not get paid for that, or to work for people who 
don't intend to pay you for that, is dysfunctional. Period. What are you 
thinking about? Would you ever ask any other kind of service tech to come to 
your house or business and work for 20-40 minutes FOR FREE?
Never. NEVER.


Wake up. WAKE UP. You need to start valuing your time, your life, and your 
skills.
Stand up for yourself, and tell that a**h**le who owns that  store to sell 
you a piano for his cost.
See what he says. Wake up.


Until we demand respect and acknowledgement for our immense knowledge and 
skillset we'll be treated like field hands, or dismissable underlings, or 
naive idiots, or pathetic losers.


There. I feel better now.


David Andersen










On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:21 PM, daniel carlton wrote:


The owner of one of the stores explained that they don't want to have to 
spend more money than they have to on the used pianos in particular if they 
can only sell it for so much. I guess I do see the logic in that, but what 
about all the pitch corrections I have to do on the new pianos? I don't get 
anything for my time.

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