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<DIV>Evelyn Smith teaches business development classes.</DIV>
<DIV>One of her themes is the importance of developing a business you will really enjoy having.</DIV>
<DIV>People who believe that work must be miserable will probably design a miserable career for themselves.</DIV>
<DIV>Check out her classes. Life's a lot easier when you're smiling! ;-)</DIV>
<DIV>Ed S.</DIV>
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<DIV>The WHOLE "ball of wax" boils down to = MONEY !!!</DIV>
<DIV>No Body has any, and any BODY who does, don't want to spend it ---- " ON THEIR PIANO !!"</DIV>
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<DIV>It's NOT as important as books...</DIV>
<DIV>It's NOT as important as the lawnmower ...</DIV>
<DIV>It's NOT even as important as getting yer hair done each week ...</DIV>
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<DIV>There's ALWAYS money for " other " things, but NEVER, I mean, NEVER enough money</DIV>
<DIV>to keep that piano tuned, regulated, voiced, repaired, adjusted, refinished, etc., etc., etc.</DIV>
<DIV>Somebody tell me where the justification is in <U><EM>THAT </EM></U>!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>If "one" doesn't live in the BIG cities, "one" will starve by segregating his/her working on JUST grand pianos. But, WHY IS IT ( i ask ) that Colleges and Unverisities have MORE upright pianos, but when you apply to work for them, they want you to KNOW MORE about grand pianos ??? The VERTICAL piano is ( actually ) harder to work on, harder to regulate, and even HARDER to tune !!! Now, ALL of you out there in CAUT land ........ Think about that for a moment. THERE is the answer to your question when the "lead" tech will ONLY work on grand pianos, and hire the contract tech to come in to tune and work on all the verticals. It REALLY is a NO BRAINER !!</DIV>
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<DIV>But, STILL --- the real problem and the real answer is = MONEY !!! I KNOW I can go to truck driving school and work driving OTR gigs making 5 times as much more money just sitting on my "donkey" driving someone "else's " truck, and I KNOW they have the money to take care of the truck and have it tuned up and repaired when it needs it. After all, 99.99 % of the people don't MAKE A LIVING playing a piano. But, 99.99 % of the people who own and drive BIG-rig trucks DO !!</DIV>
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<DIV>NO WONDER the "ARTS" (?) are going down the toilet. After all, it's "just" intertainment.</DIV>
<DIV>Who gives a C___p ??</DIV>
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<DIV> { this is just "something" you ALL need to start thinking about ... }</DIV>
<DIV> just Look what had happen with the U. of Mich. thing ... someone got "screwed"</DIV>
<DIV> because of "Money." !!!!</DIV>
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<DIV> [ name withheld pending investigation into truck-driving school... ] </DIV>
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