<!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 6.00.6000.16544" 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>You should have offered her a tuning tip welded onto the end of a piece of iron pipe and let her tune it too!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rob Goodale, RPT</DIV> <DIV>Las Vegas, NV</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <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"><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I tuned a Steinway S  in a church sanctuary today.  I pointed out the tonal issues to the Music Director.  She said "show me how you needle the hammers", so I slid the action out and needled middle C.  She said "that looks easy".   She looked in her calendar, and told me she will come in next Tuesday and needle the hammers herself......She's very tenacious...  Fortunately, I was able to convince her to pay me do it.   Jeeze. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bob Maret, RPT<BR>Piano Technician</FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black">.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>