Pitch Raise Pricing

[pianolover 88]

A pitch raise is a *separate* procedure and takes about 30 minutes, or 1/2 the time of a typical fine tuning. Therefore, I charge accordingly; pitch raise fee is 1/2 that of my tuning fee. Tuning fee on top of that. I charge for my time just like an electrician or plumber, etc. If a client is on a bi-annual tuning schedule, then they are not incurring the PR charge. 

Terry Peterson

From: mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Pricing
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:42:26 -0500










This will probably not be well accepted but here 
goes. When I schedule a tuning it is for 2 hrs. What I can do in 2 hrs., minor 
pitch raise (20 cents or so) and tune, is done at the regular tuning rate. 
However, if I get done with a tuning in less than 2 hrs.I don't give a 
discount. I agree that adjusting the pitch and tuning calls for a lot more work 
but I make up the difference on a regular tuning. Major pitch raise is 
plus half price for 50 cents and double for 100 cents. Do the math and that 
comes to 3hrs. for a 50 cent raise and 4hrs. for a 100 cent raise. It seems to 
me that you can do a lot of tuning in 4 hrs. Sure it's hard, 
nerve-racking work, and I would rather not do it, but not everything is a 
walk in the park. I believe in using an hourly rate to figure my fees. Even if 
it is something I don't like to do. This may sound crazy to you but it is what I 
do.
Gerald McCleskey RPT
 
 
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 

  From: 
  John Formsma 
  
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:58 
  PM
  Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Pricing
  

  On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com> 
  wrote:
  

  
    How much do you normally charge for a pitch raise?  Do you base 
    the price off of your regular tuning rate?  Say you charge $100 for a 
    standard tuning.  Would you say a pitch raise would be half of the 
    tuning rate, or more?
   
  It's going to depend on how flat it is.  If it's more than 40 cents 
  flat, what I'm doing now is two quick pitch raises, with the fine tuning 
  scheduled 3-4 weeks later.  For this I charge a standard tuning fee. 
   (Keep in mind that this first session is not a fine tuning.  I will also 
  tell the customer that this first session is not designed to be a fine tuning, 
  and they need to have the followup tuning.)
  

  If I'm doing a pitch raise, and a fine tuning at the same time, the pitch 
  raise will be roughly half of the tuning fee.
  

  Also, with any pitch correction + fine tuning (say over 10 cents), I'll 
  mention that the fine tuning will not be as stable because of the pitch 
  raise.
-- 
JF 

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