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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Man! If you were from Cincinnati I would say that I
have worked for these people.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wayne.w@musicstop.com href="mailto:wayne.w@musicstop.com">Wayne
Walker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 23, 2007 9:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: one of those days</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=499505016-23032007><FONT face='"Verdana"'>The financial
situation was not a factor. They do have money, which is why I couldn't
understand her reaction. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=499505016-23032007><FONT
face='"Verdana"'>Wayne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</A>
[mailto:piannaman@aol.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 23, 2007 11:26
AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
one of those days<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Wayne,</DIV>
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<DIV>Were these people destitute? Sometimes we have to consider the
financial situation as well as the viability of the piano. But when I
see this sort of instrument in a home where money is not an issue, I
wonder...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Would people cook on a stove that has a gas leak?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Would people drive a car with a broken axle?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Would people live in a house without a roof?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So why do they try to play a piano that won't work or sound
properly?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Of course, a piano that doesn't function at a proper level isn't a
health hazard, but isn't music supposed to be a thing of beauty? Then
why try to play "music" on a thing where beauty is not an option.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Good luck! Today will be better!<SPAN contentEditable=false
style="DISPLAY: inline-block"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl, RPT<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano
Service<BR>650-224-3560<BR>dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<BR>http://dstahlpiano.net/<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
wayne.w@musicstop.com<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Fri, 23 Mar 2007
5:29 AM<BR>Subject: one of those days<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=968512318-20032007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Just
came from a customer with a pre 1900 Morris upright. Pianos needs tuning and
few notes not working, lady of the house tells me. I open the piano and
first thing I noticed is the big long crack in the open face pin block. This
crack cover most of the upper pins in the tenor section. There were more
short cracks thru out the block. The crack was wide enough that I could get
the blade of my jack knife in about 1/4 of an inch. Piano had missing
hammers etc..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=968512318-20032007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>I
called the lady back into the room to show her the pin block and told her
the piano was not worth fixing. She understood, I thought until, she asked
me if I had fix the keys that were not working. I said no I didn't because
the piano was north fixing..She said that they needed to be fix as her
children were taking lesson on the piano. I explained this was not a good
piano for kids to take lesson as it was a tone down in pitch etc... "Well
this is what we got and we don't want to spent more in cased the kids lose
interest. " was her comment. "By the way you talked you don't want to work
on my piano, so you should leave" I knew I was fighting a losing battle so I
left. Makes you wondering.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Wayne Walker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Piano Tuner /
Technician</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT></DIV><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>Musicstop Acoustic Piano
Service</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>264 Herring Cove
Road</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>Halifax, NS,
Canada</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>B3P
1M1</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=2><STRONG>902-221-1540</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>902-496-0041
Fax</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><A
href="http://www.musicstop.com/"
target=_blank>www.musicstop.com</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR>
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