<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>Last Monday I decided to restring the D in the Choral Rehearsal room, a= nd I had signed out the room fro the entire week. In fact, there was nothing= scheduled in there next week, so I thought I could take my time, and m= ake sure everything was done right. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>By Wednesday afternoon I had all the string back on, gave it it's first= chip tuning, hung the dampers, and gave it a quick first tuning. Before I l= eft, I started to rehang the hammers. On Thursday morning I finished the ham= mers, and gave the piano it's second tuning. But then I got a phone call.&nb= sp; </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At 3 o'clock on Thursday the office secretary called to say t= hat on Saturday we're auditioning a choral director, in the choral rehearsal= room, with a practice for the pick up chorus on Friday evening. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So much for taking my time. By Friday afternoon, I had t= he action regulated, hammers voiced, and the piano up to pitch and stable. <= /DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just got back from the "dress rehearsal," and not to brag, but the pi= ano sounded great. I will be in there at 9:30 tomorrow to give it one more t= uning, but I think it will be OK. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not something I want to do every week, but it sure kept me busy the las= t couple of days.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>