<!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 6.00.6000.16525" 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>Yep  .  .  list seems quieter than usual, but maybe things will get noisier when the season gets </DIV> <DIV>back in full swing.  Or have we reached saturation for normal tech. type questions. Or are digital</DIV> <DIV>pianos making that big a difference ??  Hope not.  High school in my area replaced 2 acoustics</DIV> <DIV>with digital.  If I was a young fellow looking for a lifetime career, I think I would do some serious</DIV> <DIV>thinking , but don't know how I could come to a proper decision .  Seems like the whole working </DIV> <DIV>world is different with the silicon chip, as it were.  Although, if we look back a few years , the</DIV> <DIV>electric home organ was huge, but now mostly dead .It's possible that the new generation will learn</DIV> <DIV>to appreciate the sound of acoustic instruments again. Maybe , once the "Rap" craze is over, and </DIV> <DIV>" MELODIC " music takes back it's place in our lives.  Just musing , and wishing the old days were</DIV> <DIV>still here,( except for the computer, )of course, or we couldn't exchange opinions like this.   What's </DIV> <DIV>the answer   .  .  or is there one.    ( opening a can of worms ?? )</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Carl / Winnipeg</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:28 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> No Mail</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>  Is the list quiet or is it that Pesky AOL again.  Not getting any correspondence.</DIV> <DIV>  Thanks</DIV> <DIV>  Dale Erwin <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Book Antiqua" size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SERIF"><B><I></I>Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations<BR>4721 Parker rd<BR>Modesto, Ca. 95357<BR>Shop 209-577-8397<BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Abadi MT Condensed" color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Abadi MT Condensed" color=#000000 size=3 PTSIZE="12" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Web site <A href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com">http://www.Erwinspiano.com</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Abadi MT Condensed" color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SERIF"><I><BR>Restoration & Sales of<BR>Steinway & Sons & other fine pianos.<BR>" Soundboards by Design"</I><BR></B></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title=http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982 href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition. <BR>Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.6/991 - Release Date: 9/5/2007 2:55 PM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>