<HTML>In a message dated 6/7/2002 10:17:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hello Don. Do you tell each customer you tune for that you will be using equal temperament guidelines to tune their piano?</BLOCKQUOTE> et al; I am not going to discuss the ethical/unethical question but did want to respond to this 'narrow' question................ I don't believe that Don or anyone else who normally tries to lay in an ET, which is the commonly accepted standard, should feel obligated to inform their customer of such...........Just as a mechanic who performs a tune-up on your automobile, using the accepted standard(s), should not be expected to inform the owner of such............ That having been said,  if the tuner or mechanic is going to perform work that is significantly, and deliberately, outside of accepted standards I personally feel that disclosure is called for. This whole thingee kinda begs the question:.........................'If' the alternative is so much better than the standard why hide it?  Why not inform the customer of what you have done, or plan to do so, that they will be informed and know what to ask, or demand, for the next time........??? Now go ahead and misquote me and misconstrue my remarks........hit won't change my mind. Jim Bryant (FL) </HTML>