<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>That's why most people no longer believe anything they read in the = New York Times....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Topperpiano@aol.com href="mailto:Topperpiano@aol.com">Topperpiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 27, 2004 = 6:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Dangers of Asian = pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Ok Folks, I know there must be someone out there who = can knowingly comment on this.  Is it possible to contract bird flu = from tuning an Asian piano?  I know this sounds like a stupid question = but all it takes according to the New York Times is some dried bird = doo/dust.  How much of this could be in an Asian piano?  I mean all it would = take is one fly over prior to boxing and shipping.  Think about it.  = TP </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>