<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C53EE0.FDA3E420" rel=File-List><LINK href="cid:editdata.mso@01C53EE0.FDA3E420" rel=Edit-Time-Data><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=blue link=blue = bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Matthew Todd, David Love et = List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I keep records of the pitch variation = of the pianos at my schools. I try to keep them all at the same pitch - if possible. = They do, however (like the value of shares) tend to go up as well as down. Since = I am always the "last tuner" I know exactly what is going on. In an old piano = I take it that the sound board is in good condition if the pitch goes up - and = I tell my clients so. This makes them happy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a beautiful sunny morning = in the Downlands</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=davidlovepianos@comcast.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 12, 2005 = 5:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Tuning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As the = humidity goes, so goes the piano.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Now = that you’ve gotten your first ding, you can start using that rosewood = handle as a hammer when the need arises.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">David Love<BR></SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT color=navy = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</= A></SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> = <A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: = bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Matthew Todd<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, April 11, 2005 = 9:30 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> = Pianotech<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> = Tuning</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: = 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; = PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 1.5pt = solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hey Guys,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I had a quick question.  I tuned = someone's piano today.  When I got to it, it was just a tad bit = sharp.  Can pianos go sharp when they go "out-of-tune", or is the previous tuner = to blame?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Also, I just got my first knick in my = rosewood handle while I was tuning.  I almost cried, but I held it = together pretty good.  They say the first scratch is the hardest.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR>Matthew Todd<BR>Todd = Piano Works<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Tuning - Repairing - Regulating<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: = center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=1> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/my/navbar/sethp/*http:/www.yahoo.com/r/hs"= >Make Yahoo! your home page</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>