<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Wim</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for putting a bit of detail into what might be seen as a = blanket prohibition, based on unclarified fear of the government. . </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There is a huge  difference between the statements and intent = of </DIV> <DIV>" What do you charge for . ."</DIV> <DIV>and</DIV> <DIV>"Let's all agree to charge . . "</DIV> <DIV>They are miles apart.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Given what I have observed over the past decade on this list. it = would be easier to build a bridge to Hawaii than to get al the 'listers' to agree = on a fee schedule !!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oh, and by the way, the snow is gone from this part of Canada = !</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim Kinnear<BR><A = href="http://www.pianoguy.com">www.pianoguy.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 11, 2005 = 11:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Pricing of = upright versus grand hammer installation</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/11/05 10:38:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time, = <A href="mailto:jtanner@mozart.sc.edu">jtanner@mozart.sc.edu</A> = writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2>> Wasn't there legal action taken against a certain large chapter in a = <BR>> major city in Minnesota about 25 years ago?  It had = something to do <BR>> with price fixing?   Maybe that's just a legend.<BR>><BR>> Tim Coates<BR>><BR><BR>There was.  = It is not legend.<BR><BR>Jeff Tanner, RPT<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>From what I remembered, what got the Twin Cities chapter in = trouble was that they actually made a motion, and voted, to charge a specific = price, or a minimum price, for tuning. That, I think is what got them in trouble. = Although we should abide by the Antitrust Guidelines, some of them are pretty = far out. I don't think there is anything wrong with discussing how much we = charger for particular things, as long as we don't make any kind of statement = along the lines of "let's all do that". I will probably be told that that is not = right either, but that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>