<!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 6.00.6000.16414" 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> <DIV><EM>  <STRONG>Dave</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  I love this report.  Pay attention, treat people right, enjoy life ,get paid.  What a recipe!</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dave I've seen you grow in stature as a tech & its' great to see.  </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  People are watching</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  Dale</STRONG></EM></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Every once in awhile, we have a day when all of the pianos are quality instruments, the customers are incredibly nice, there are no snafus to throw off a really busy schedule, and driving is minimal.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yesterday was one of those lucky days for me.  I had 5 jobs, not a one of them more than 5 miles from my home:  A Steinway L, Boston up 118, Seiler 186 (brand new), Kawai RX 2 grand, and Kawai K50 upright.  All of the pianos needed a partial pitch raise, except for the Boston--I last tuned it about 5 years ago--which was right at pitch.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It was a 10 1/2 hour day, but it was far easier than a day with one decaying old upright or elbow-breaking Winter spinet.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For those of us who might be struggling to get their business off the ground, hang in there.  The rewards can be well worth it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am so grateful not to be chained to a cubicle!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>