<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <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> <DIV><SPAN class=499505016-23032007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=499505016-23032007><FONT face='"Verdana"'>Wayne</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> piannaman@aol.com [mailto:piannaman@aol.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 23, 2007 11:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: one of those days<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Wayne,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <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> <DIV> </DIV> <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> <STYLE>.AOLPlainTextBody { FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff } .AOLPlainTextBody PRE { FONT-SIZE: 9pt } .AOLInlineAttachment { MARGIN: 10px } .AOLAttachmentHeader { BORDER-RIGHT: #7da8d4 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #7da8d4 1px solid; BACKGROUND: #f9f9f9; FONT: 11px arial; BORDER-LEFT: #7da8d4 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #7da8d4 1px solid } .AOLAttachmentHeader .Title { PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; BACKGROUND: #b5ddfa; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; FONT: 11px arial; PADDING-TOP: 3px } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldLabel { PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 9px; BACKGROUND: #f9f9f9; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT: 11px arial; COLOR: #000000; PADDING-TOP: 1px } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldValue { BACKGROUND: #f9f9f9; FONT: 11px arial; COLOR: #000000 } .AOLAttachmentHeader A { COLOR: #2864b4; TEXT-DECORATION: none } .AOLImage A { COLOR: #2864b4; TEXT-DECORATION: none } .AOLAttachmentHeader A:hover { COLOR: #2864b4; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } .AOLImage A:hover { COLOR: #2864b4; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } .AOLWebSuiteCompose .AOLPicturesFullSizeLink { OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 1px; HEIGHT: 1px } .AOLWebSuite .AOLPicturesFullSizeLink { OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 1px; HEIGHT: 1px } BODY { BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana"; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white } .AOLWebSuiteCompose P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } IMG.managedImg { WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px } IMG.placeholder { BORDER-RIGHT: #dadad6 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #dadad6 1px solid; BACKGROUND: #f4f4f4 no-repeat center center; BORDER-LEFT: #dadad6 1px solid; WIDTH: 275px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #dadad6 1px solid; HEIGHT: 206px } </STYLE> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_574142a1-7c52-47c9-80a7-7cb9e812797c> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4> <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> <DIV><SPAN class=968512318-20032007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968512318-20032007> <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> <DIV align=left> <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> <DIV align=left> <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> <HR> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.<BR>It has removed 2342 spam emails to date.<BR>Paying users do not have this message in their emails.<BR>Try <A href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len" target=_blank>SPAMfighter</A> for free now!<BR><BR> <DIV><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> AOL now offers free email to everyone. 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