Warren ; I learned my lesson on this the hard way. Three round trips to St Augustine (42 miles each way) many years ago. It was hard to diagnose because I was making my appointment in the early AM and of course the fan was not turned on when I was there. The last trip happened after I returned to Jacksonville, received a call from the customer saying that the problem was worse now than before I was there that morning. I told her I would come right back down and not to touch the piano until I got there. Well naturally when I got there there was no problem. When I asked the customer what she had done since talking to me she said cleaning the house and dusting fan blades. CLICK ! (remember as a kid laying on the floor and talking through the fan so your voice would be distorted?) I asked the customer to play the piano while I listened from across the room, by the fan switch. She started playing and said that there was no problem now and just didn't understand what I had done to her piano. While sh e was playing a second selection I turned the fan on and 'viola' there was the horrible sound she was complaining of. Never have heard from that customer again. That was my first experience with fanitis and a costly one it was, but like someone once said on the list ,I am a quick study, "tell, or show, me something five times and I will pick up on it right away." Jim Bryant (FL)
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