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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder if techs have heard that =
George Micheal
has paid £1.4m</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for John Lennon's Steinway upright? =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I "imagine" most would agree that =
this is
absurd in the extreme; although it's absurdity would be lessened =
slightly if we
were to learn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that Mr. Micheal was prepared to pay =
the relative
going rate for tuning, repairs etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If we suppose an average new =
upright
price, in the UK of say, £4,000 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to £5,000, then the cost of tuning is =
roughly one
percent, at £50.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This means, in theory, that he should =
pay no less
than £14,000 to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>have the piano tuned!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I doubt he will see things in quite the =
same light,
but I put myself </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>forward for the job =
nonetheless.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter J Burns<BR>Pianoforte Tuner & =
Technician<BR><A
href="mailto:peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net">peter-burns.pianotuner@t=
esco.net</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>