<!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 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is a version as seen from the other perspective sent to me by JR Belford.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Piano Dealers Lament.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Selling pianos don't pay </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As any dealer will say</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Though tuners think they are easy to sell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From start to finish</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your funds will diminish</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'Cause the tuner will make your life hell !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They moan about pins , </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sticker actions , duff strings</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Overdampers , pin-blocks and dust</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All it needed was tuning</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But the tuner was fuming</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He's not happy till he's made you bust!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Concert pitch?....whets that?!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You stupid prat</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>T'is a thing of the past don't you know?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have any pitch you choose</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The tuner will muse</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So long as it is well below .!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></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: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=john.belford@talktalk.net href="mailto:john.belford@talktalk.net">John Belford</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk href="mailto:alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk">alan forsyth</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 31, 2007 12:00 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Piano Dealers lament.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>