Customer Asks:
"Will you please give us an estimate on tuning our piano in _______".
Thanks, "Mr. & Mrs. X"
My Response:
"Thanks for your message! Since I haven’t seen your piano, I can’t give you an exact price estimate.
Do you know when your piano was last tuned? What is the piano make (name) or type (spinet, console, studio, etc..)? Do you use a piano climate control system? If you don’t know, it’s OK.
Just to give you an idea, if I find that it is structurally sound and “tuneable”, but hasn’t been tuned in years, your piano is probably in need of at least a pitch raise and follow up tuning, and possibly some regular maintenance.
If this is the case, for the first service, you are looking at least $115 (for the pitch raise). If your piano needs additional maintenance to relieve clicking or sticking keys (during the same visit), it would be an additional $33/half hour. You can see my prices and policies on my website.
If for some reason, the piano is not tuneable, I will provide you with a written estimate, and charge you my $66 minimum appointment fee.
The first visit will get the piano to where it needs to be, but if it’s been a while, it will need follow-up service to get the piano to settle and stay put. Controlling the climate in the room where the piano is will help tremendously with the tuning stability. February is a very dry time of year, so it is a good time to do action maintenance, but it’s not the absolute ideal time of year to tune. If your piano hasn’t been tuned in a while, it may be in need of a few rounds of tuning before settling into a regular tuning schedule, anyway. It will all really depend on your piano’s individual situation/condition, and I’ll be happy to help you to understand all of that.
I’ll be happy to set something up soon. Let me know what your weekly schedule is like, and I’ll try to schedule accordingly."
Thank you,
Rose
Roselyn W. Kinnick, RPT
