<HTML>In a message dated 12/7/00 10:44:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> > When I went to study piano work, a girl I was speaking to basically mocked > me.  P-I-A-N-O  T-U-N-I-N-G!??? > After I came back, I met her.  She asked me what I was doing and suddenly > "oh yeah P-I-A-N-O  T-U-N-I-N-G, that was it" > And what was she doing?  Working in a bakery, getting fatter every > day.  And I was making MUCH more money, but it was still a stupid job. > </BLOCKQUOTE> Dear Kristinn,     I have found that people have no clue how complicated an instrument like the piano is. In fact, after touring our facility (17 rebuilders & finishers) the general reaction is dumbstruck awe followed immediately by sincere admiration.     Most people simply don't know the type of training that we, in our industry, have to put in. When I ask my seven year old where we get milk, she says, "From the carton" - with a look on her face that says "Dad, how can you be so dumb!"     Remember, education must happen before appreciation can.      Richard Galassini Cunningham Piano Co. & Factory Philadelphia, Pa. 1 (800) 394-1117 <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/voce88/cunn.html">http://hometown.aol.com/voce88/cunn.html</A> </HTML>