It always puzzles me how someone at the zenith of their trade can cease immediately being involved in that trade. Walter Lane according to Les did only the best. When he stopped, what did he do to keep himself going? In our town, we had a dealer who was a real "piano man". He was the first Yamaha dealer here and was known for his fine pianos and work and he was about the 3rd generation. He lost the franchise because he would not sell Yamaha guitars. He was very stubborn but he lost the franchise anyway. He had been known for high class high quality work and yet after the franchise was lost his business went down hill. He died a few years later and his wife has kept the business going (as a referral tuning service mainly) to this day as his name reputation lives on. I think even if you stop doing whatever it is you are doing and you have done it really well you can't stop things. Things on their own just keep going and gradually (very) will slow down. But they do not stop. Surely Walter Lane must have done something after 1930, what was it? James Grebe R.P.T. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "I am only as good as my last tuning"
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