<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2838" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>What's that chance of this?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Two new customers, one week apart.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Both have 60's Janssen consoles (first Janssens I've seen in this area).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Both moved their pianos here from New Jersey years ago.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Neither owner plays the piano, but both pianos are "family" treasures being tuned out of some sense of guilt, or something.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Neither piano tuned for 30+ years!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Both almost exactly 100 cents flat.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The coincidencs stop at about that point, one owner is an 80-something Methodist widow, the other is a 40ish Catholic priest and they live about 100 miles apart.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And, BTW, with two pitch raise passes and two tuning passes, they both sound pretty darn good, better than I'd have thought. And yes, I charged for the extra work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's a funny business, sometimes. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>