<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After 18 years in Darwin Australia it is time to move on so in two = weeks time I am leaving Darwin and going to Adelaide which is 3,000 K south.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The hard part is that over that period you build up a clientele of = friends as well as customers (intermixed) and knowing that the only other piano = tuner ? in town is in it for the money only and can't do his job anyway makes it = even harder. I have, in Darwin over 700 customers that I have to say that I = will come back a couple of times to keep everything going and hopefully another respectable tuner will come to town to look after it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am moving to Adelaide to start all over again which is quite a = daunting task at the age of 64 but it is also exciting to be going back to where = pianos are not steam baked in our super tropical climate. Its going to be an = experience to work on and tune pianos that are in a relative stable climate again. = (I might even remember what it is like to tune a piano in 40 minutes = again).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So if I have been a little terse with some of you may understand = that I have been confused about many things for some time however, this list is = the closest thing I have had to guild meeting of piano tuners or just = companionship from fellow trades persons that can joke (hopefully only occasionally) = but carry on conversations, in and out of the trade, that are worthwhile.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Naturally I am carrying on as a subscriber but for the next few = weeks I expect to be rather busy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Look after</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tony</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>