<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1589" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=david@davidandersenpianos.com href="mailto:david@davidandersenpianos.com">David Andersen</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Mar 3, 2007, at 1:56 PM, hubert liverman wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">In fact, you and Dale should analyze the house,last shipment,and learn from the Old Piano Elves.</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>We have the house completely controlled by our agents; we've scoured every surface for clues as to the make-up of the Fairy Dust; and we've got the Elves in a sub-basement of the Atelier, and on a "persuasion" program that we've put together...I'll keep you all posted when they.....start to cooperate.<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">Training the second generation of Pixies could be problematic. <BR></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Dude.  Please.  These are not Pixies. Pixies are buffoons; they hate pianos; they love clarinets and banjos...the hell with Pixies.  these are Elves---pee--ANNO Elves, sir.</DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">This opens us to a whole new field of Technology that may somewhat agree with some customer conceptions.</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>Absolutely.  My personal goal is to replace myself as a field technician with one of the Elves by the end of 2008; people seem to like them a bit better than bitter, cynical old geezer pianotechs, for some reason. That frickin' Elf gets a big tip every time I send him in my place......<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">With respect and humor to everyone,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">Hubert Liverman</SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">Tuner/ tech</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>Right back at ya, Hubert.....</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>David Andersen</DIV> <DIV>Elf Slavemaster<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"> In fact, Dale and I split the last shipment of fairy dust we got from the Old Piano Elves that live down in that strange house near that old factory.....ooooooohhhhhh.....</SPAN></DIV> <DIV>DA</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Mar 2, 2007, at 8:54 PM,<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline">Erwinspiano@aol.com</SPAN></A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">   NAh Nah Nah.  It's the magic wood that makes it authentic</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">  Dale</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 13px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I love it!  That is something I can't get my brain around.  "Will it</SPAN></SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">> still be a Steinway?"  I guess I'm not too bright but I don't get the</SPAN></SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">> concept.</SPAN></SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">> </SPAN></SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">> David M. Porritt</SPAN></SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>