<!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> <DIV>In a message dated 3/22/05 12:32:39 P.M. Central Standard Time, atodd@uh.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, at least maybe that'll prevent any more from breaking for a while!<BR>Now may= be I can get back to piano work! :-) <BR><BR>Avery <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DI= V> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Why is that we, as piano technicians, are expected to also be carpenter= s, refinishers. electricians, computer guru's, etc. ? I say, let the department= pay to have the benches repaired, or buy new ones. Maybe the professors wil= l start telling the students to take better care of the benches when they find= out that their money for music is being used to buy new benches.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>OK, I feel better now, too. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>