Judge-and-jury

[Richard Brekne]

I think the  key to answering this is in whether or not you can truly identify a
fault on the part of the other tuner. If you can, and if you can clearly
demonstrate fault and defend your evaluation / judjement, then there simply had
to be a fault to begin with, and the owners have a right to know about it. On
the other hand, if you simply can not be sure of what the problem was... then
you cant. No ifs, ands, or butts :)

I would make it very clear that if you didnt feel you could clearly find fault
with the other tuner, that you would make no attempt to do so nor lend any aid
in others doing so, but aside from that would be happy to tune for them should
that be desireble.

Caution is certainly advisable.

RicB


Phil Ryan wrote:

> An institution called me and asked me to come and tune two pianos.  They had
> another tech (I don't know who, or want to know) tune them last week and
> they were very unsatisfied with both of the pianos. They gave him a chance
> to come back and fix them, he did, but the pianos are still unacceptable to
> them.  They told me they are happy with the way I tune, and if I say they
> are "mal-tuned,"  they will not pay this other tech.
>
> I want the gig, but not the judge-and-jury part.  Should I accept the job?
> Defend or condemn the other tech?  Should someone get paid for unacceptable
> work?
>
> Phil Ryan
>
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Richard Brekne
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