<!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 6.00.6000.16481" 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>Hello to All,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   To lump all "Birdcage"  pianos into one category, </DIV> <DIV>one quality range  or one condition just does not </DIV> <DIV>make sense.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Many of these pianos are made much stronger than</DIV> <DIV>others.  We as technicians must evaluate  each piano</DIV> <DIV>ON  ITS  OWN  MERIT.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    It is a disservice to the public to say things like</DIV> <DIV> "all black pianos are bad"  this is the same as saying </DIV> <DIV>that no Birdcage pianos cannot be raised  SUCCESSFULLY </DIV> <DIV> to 440.      </DIV> <DIV>   </DIV> <DIV>   I have personally raised pitch on many of these </DIV> <DIV>pianos with no adverse effects. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Our profession seems to have a propensity to lump</DIV> <DIV>each item into one category. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    If you are guilty of this type of conduct I respectfully </DIV> <DIV>  say stop. We owe it to the profession we share. </DIV> <DIV>    </DIV> <DIV>   If  a person cannot get the truth about Pianos from a </DIV> <DIV>Piano technician.  THEN WHO ???? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Respectfully,</DIV> <DIV>Jack Wyatt   </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>