ethical behavior

[Don Rose]

Hi Terry,

I am not a piano tuner. I am an educator. I do exactly that. I use RCT
extensively in my practise. It is quick and easy to offer them a "visual"
graph of what an HT appears to be vs ET. Some choose to dip their toes in
the waters of HT. I have only had one client object to the sound (btw they
choose the De Morgan temperament--which is a reverse well)--but because
they had "requested" an HT, I was paid to "restore" their piano to ET.

At 08:57 AM 06/07/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Don. Do you tell each customer you tune for that you will be using
equal temperament guidelines to tune their piano? And if by chance you do
(which I can't imagine), how do you handle the 99%+ of your clients who ask
equal whaaaaaat? ("Hey dude, I just want this here pie-anner tuned, OK?")
>
>Terry Farrell
>  
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:56 PM
>Subject: ethical behavior
>
>
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> Ah I see, Piano Tuning is one of the "dark arts", a witches brew that only
>> the sacrosanct and initiated have any hope of understanding. These
>> "secrets" should be jealously guarded! No need to inform the client of
>> anything but the price--and the only reason to do that is because you wish
>> to be paid. How silly of me to explain to my clients that their piano may
>> sound better in a Historic temperament and offer them a choice.
>> 
>> I've changed the thread title--as this has nada to do with the original
topic.


Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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