<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>In a message dated 3/2/05 8:55:47 A.M. Central Standard Time, tassin@msu.edu 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>Well, back to the "ole grind" and tuning those "daily" studio pianos.  Wim,<BR>all the faculty want their pianos tuned as often as they can get it.  In <BR>fact, that's when they are tuned -- as often as we can ge= t to them.  Think <BR>about it ... </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>That is what is aggravating. Instead of being grateful that I tune thei= r pianos once a week, they are looking at it as a "bad" thing. I tune the voic= e faculty once a month, and they don't complain. As far as the other faculty, = I take the attitude, they're professional musicians, but it's their studio. If= they want their piano tuned, they should ask me. If they can't hear it, that= 's not my problem. </DIV> <DIV> </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><BR><BR>PS:  There is a way to tune a stable piano very stable.  It's like being a <BR>magician:  The hand has to be qui= cker than the ear ...  We'll talk at K.C. <BR>if you go this summer, Wim.  I'll show you. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Yes, I'll be in KC. I would be interested in learning a quick way to do= a stable piano. I'll even buy lunch. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>