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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Geoff,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe your customer would be pleased that you find
his home studio so impressive? After complimenting him on the room, why not ask
<STRONG>him</STRONG> to take a couple of pictures with your camera, while you
are tuning? If he refuses, no harm done. If he agrees, please share!
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alastair</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Lawson's Pianos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wangaratta. Australia.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=thetuner@ivories52.com href="mailto:thetuner@ivories52.com">Geoff
Sykes</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:51
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: The ethics of cameras</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=312233402-25092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>(-
sigh -) Ethics, in my mind, is tantamount to winning a customers trust and to
establishing ones existence to both friends and customers as trustworthy.
So... I was called to tune a 9' Yamaha CF in a customers home studio
yesterday. The room was HUGE! From where I was sitting at the piano a couldn't
throw a basketball and hit the pool table at the other end of the room. Two
stories to the ceiling, with a balcony set up for vocals, deeply recessed
skylights and a walk-in fireplace that was as big as my living room. AND the
acoustics of this room were simply extraordinary. Since my personal ethics
prevent me from just whipping out my camera and taking a couple of quick shots
when the customer is out of the room, how else can I document this experience,
if for no other reason than to add to the category of vacation photos,
for my own enjoyment?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=312233402-25092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks for your opinion. It jibes with mine. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=312233402-25092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>--
G</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<STRONG>Geoff Sykes, RPT</STRONG><BR>•
<STRONG>626-799-7545</STRONG><BR>• <A
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Barbara Richmond<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:55
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: The ethics of
cameras<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I ask permission to take pictures of piano
stuff while I'm working. I don't take pictures of people's belongings
or houses--except once, when the person had a special interior door that I
thought would work well in my own house. Perhaps your ethics are
kicking in because it's not really appropriate to be taking pictures
of your customers' houses & things. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just my opinion...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, IL</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=thetuner@ivories52.com href="mailto:thetuner@ivories52.com">Geoff
Sykes</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:Pianotech@Ptg. Org">Pianotech@Ptg. Org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 24, 2008
7:02 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> The ethics of camera's</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781344123-24092008>Greetings all
--</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781344123-24092008>Every once in
a while I find myself working on a piano that for one reason or another I
want to visually share with others. I seldom feel uncomfortable asking
permission to take that kind of picture. But on the occasions where I am
in someone's home and it's just so amazingly wonderful, (or hideous), that
I can't help but want to share the experience with others, I feel very
uncomfortable even asking to take photos. OK, I could go clandestine but
that's where my ethics kick in. Especially since the camera in my phone is
completely inadequate for the job. Does this ever happen to you? What do
you do?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=781344123-24092008>--
Geoff</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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