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<DIV>Price of gas? No. But I don't know why. I usually tune/service =
about a
dozen pianos a week, and I only have six appointments scheduled for the =
next two
weeks! This is the slowest period I have experienced. HOWEVER, just last =
week
and over the weekend, I sanded/rubbed out a nice finish and completely =
restrung
a piano in my shop that I have been trying to finish for an =
embarrassingly long
time. Starting on action now!!! So, not all is lost! This is one thing =
that I
really like about doing rebuilding also - never nothing to do!</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A =
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI=
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" =
title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org"
title=Pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 07, 2001 2:15 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> no tunings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Is it just =
me, or are
the rest of you slower than normal these days. By <BR>Monday morning, =
I
usually have 15 - 20 tunings lined up for the week and by <BR>the end =
of the
week, I will have tuned 25 - 30. This morning I tuned three =
<BR>pianos, (of
which one was a second piano at a teacher who originally only =
<BR>wanted one
done), and I have only 6 more scheduled the rest of the week. I'll
<BR>probably wind up tuning 20 pianos this week, but last week wasn't =
all that
<BR>great either. Do you think it has anything to do with the price of =
gas?
<BR><BR>Wim <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>