Temperaments Really

[pianoman]

It seems to me that Bill's quote on a tuner "just passing the PTG exam" is
like the medical doctor who finishes last in his class.  He is called
Doctor just like everyone else who passed the test, regardless of the
score.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"Success is not a goal, rather it is a way of life".

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> From: Billbrpt <Billbrpt@aol.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Temperaments
> Date: Sunday, January 25, 1998 12:25 PM
> 
> Why is it an ethical practice for a technician who either does not quite
have
> the skill to pass the RPT Tuning Exam or to pass it only barely, to tune
any
> piano for any purpose with a temperament that is clearly not equal, which
has
> clear distinctions in tonality, so long as ET is what is attempted and so
long
> as that person and the customer believe that the temperament is equal?  
>  
> Why is it an unethical practice to deliberately tune a non ET when that
> temperament could still "pass" the minimum RPT exam standard as an ET
even
> though clearly, it is not?
> 
> Who should be informing whom of what the tuning will not be?  How much
> technical information needs to be disclosed before a tuning can be
considered
> to be done ethically?   If ET is normal, then is a temperament which is
> believed to be ET but really is not normal too?   If a temperament is not
ET,
> is it abnormal?  How much deviation form normal does it take to become
> abnormal?
> 
> If a piano is tuned in ET and meets the very highest professional
standards as
> such but the customer still doesn't like it, is that a basis to claim
that
> what the technician has done is right?
> 
> If a piano is tuned in a non ET and the customer is pleased with the work
but
> was not informed that the temperament is not equal, is that a basis to
claim
> that what the technician has done is wrong?
> 
> Bill Bremmer RPT