<!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 6.00.2900.3157" 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> <DIV>In a message dated 9/18/07 1:43:25 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, ptuner1@gmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Well, my retirement from the University of Houston is finally official! I turned in my keys on Monday and met with my replacement today to "show him the ropes"! :-) Some of you probably know him. His name is Kenneth Ponche, who came here from St. Louis. He seems like a very intelligent and personable tech and I wish him the best. I told him to please feel free to call me with any questions/help that I might be able to give him. </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Avery</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tell Ken hi for me. He is, indeed, an excellent piano technician, a great guy, and a good friend.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, Hawaii</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">(formerly from St. Louis)<BR></DIV></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>