<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>Clyde wrote:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>>I am sure we are not all going to agree on this = issue.  If I admit to sometimes doing a one-time pass on an old beater that was up to = 27 cents flat, as I did yesterday (I left it 5c flat), some will think I = don't deserve to be called a piano technician.  To be certain, I wasn't = very happy about doing that, but we've got to remember that it's the client's = piano, and it's the client's money, so the client is the boss.  = <<</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Clyde and List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I guess it is quite clear that there is a lot of room for personal = choice on this one.  Particularly, do we leave an instrument slightly = flat?  Sometimes this seems appropriate.  Especially when we service a not = so good instrument, a client who is not terribly discriminating, a client who = does not want to pay extra, or any combination of those.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It is difficult for me to leave an instrument with a mediocre = tuning, yet, I guess I feel that as long as the client is fully aware of the need, = the various options, and the respective results, we are still doing our = job.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>William R. Monroe<BR>PTG Associate<BR>Salt Lake City, UT</DIV></BODY></HTML>