<!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 id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <STRONG><EM>Hubert/Dave</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  You all made me laugh out loud.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Good stuff</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>    Signed Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  President of piano re builders anonymous. </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Our motto "Where all you past mistakes are held confidentially".....Yeah right</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  We love you Dave.  We love you Hubert</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>Edited to save some bandwidth and patience... thank you both for your replies and kind remarks. Then a thought about Antonio Stradivarius violins and piano redesign/rebuilding</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>"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...."</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David; we have got to be careful what we post here...On first reading I thought you had ELVIS in the sub basement. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Banjos and Kazoos...I know many pianos that have the attack of a banjo and the sustain of a kazoo...Did I forget to say that I am in Alabama :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Enough fun now:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Every Strad violin has been redesigned.. strings,neck,fingerboards,bridges,sound posts.</DIV> <DIV>If Antonio could hear his instruments in their present altered state, what would he say?</DIV> <DIV>Culture shock should be considered here.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1.  What have you done to destroy the dulcet tones of my instruments?</DIV> <DIV>2. Thank you, that is what I had in mind all along!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I prefer option # 2 and submit it to the redesigner/rebuilders as analogy ammunition</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><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"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">With respect and humor to everyone,</SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <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">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> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">Opelika.AL</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR> </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"> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>