CAUT's Ethical quandry

[David Porritt]

Agery:

I think you're right on!!

dave

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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
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On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Avery Todd wrote:

> List,
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>    I've been reading the current Ethical Quandry thread with interest.
> Since this particular "wrinkle" hasn't been mentioned, I will.
>    This would apply primarily to CAUT's, but how do you, as a full-time
> employee of a university, feel about doing evaluations of a piano for an
> outside customer at a dealer's store? In my case, I have relations, one way
> or the other, with the three major dealers here: Steinway, Yamaha and
> Baldwin/Kawai. FYI, these "relations" involve, at various times, leasing,
> purchasing, loaning, store tuning (VERY rarely) and C & A work.
>    Because of this, I have been very reluctant to go to a store and
> evaluate (primarily) used pianos for an outside customer. If I had to
> advise the
> customer not to buy the piano, for whatever reason, I'm afraid it would
> damage my, so far, good relations with these dealers.
>    Am I being overly cautious? Could I have some of your generous feedback
> on this issue? Thanks.
>
> Avery
>
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