<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>After 27 years in the business, I've concluded that the sense of fraternity and comradery among piano technicians is unique, probably because of the nature of our work. Does anyone out there disagree with me? And here's an interesting fact: An old girlfriend of mine who happened to be a world class musician, read an article about the most and least stressful jobs in the world. It was determined that the most stressful was air traffic controller, and the least stressful was "musical instrument repair."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>NYC</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>