<!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 6.00.2900.2722" 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 9/20/2005 9:32:15 AM Central Standard Time, tunerdude@comcast.net 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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin Blankenship</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matoaca, VA</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S., If any of the other members of this= list have any experiences at the old SOM, it would be great to hear your stories.</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I predate you, Robin. I went to the SOM (horn player in the Army, 1963-= 64),  when it was still in Washington DC. They were in the process of buildi= ng the SOM in Norfolk at the time. I don't even remember the pianos. </DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>