Are you tuners cold?

[Benjamin Treuhaft]

     My project, Send a Piana to Havana, is loved and hated by the U.S.
government.  Commerce has licensed me to send 123 pianos and tons of
related supplies.  The Department of Missile and Nuclear Technology has
also signed off on the pianos.
     But several weeks ago Treasury hit me with a threat of a $1.3
million fine and 10 years in prison if I return to Cuba.  So I went on
Halloween dressed as a 1935 Lester upright (lots of pictures in the
press around here) and while I was in Cuba Treasury backed off, issuing
me a license to do all this  Red tuning.  Go figure.
     The other reason for my last trip was to deliver another container
of pianos, eleven uprights, and a load of parts.  This February a
tuners' brigade is going to Cuba to get them ready for distribution to
kids and teachers.  If anyone on this list would like to participate in
this legal trip,  that would be great.
     Time: 10 days, first part of February
     Cost: $1300 or less per person
     Activities: work on the pianos, teach skills to Cuban tuners and
students,  engage in various trips and cultural activities at the beach
and elsewhere.
Ben Treuhaft
Underwater Piano Shop
2005 Stuart St.