<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </STYLE> <style>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </style>  </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; DIRECTION: ltr" width="100%"> <DIV>I told you it could get ugly... So here are some ideas to throw around...</DIV> <DIV>Twelve dampers damping<BR>Eleven players playing<BR>Ten levers leaping<BR>Nine clients dancing<BR>Eight Steinway monkeys<BR>Seven sostenutoes<BR>Six plectras plucking (not a piano and maybe not a good image either)<BR>Five Steinway D’s </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Time to get serious (only kidding)</DIV> <DIV>Larry Trischetta<BR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage dir=ltr><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 12/2/2007 3:42:17 PM</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: On the 3rd Day of December</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ric,<BR><BR>On the fifth day of Christmas, a piano came to me...<BR>...with five broken strings,<BR>Four popping pins,<BR></FONT><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT>three bro<FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ken elbows</FONT>, <BR>two hammers <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">gone</FONT>, <BR>and a cracked plate and several stuck keys. <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><BR><BR>Dave S.<BR></FONT> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_fcf06c7a-12eb-4213-9e2f-f7f8dcdc0065> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT> <DIV><BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Richard Brekne <<A href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no">ricb@pianostemmer.no</A>><BR>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:08 am<BR>Subject: On the 3rd Day of December<BR><BR>Hey there Wim... I like your spirit !! :) And whomever piannaman at aol.com is came up with a good third day. We can create quite a wreck before Christmas...:) Duanes idea about a Journal contest is also a good idea... we can do both really.. but somebody has to get our Editor onboard on this. <BR> <BR>So... we have so far: I changed my initial line to fit the melodi better. <BR> <BR>On the 3rd day of December, a piano came to me, <BR>With three elbows broken, <BR>two hammers missing, <BR>and a cracked plate and several stuck keys. <BR> <BR>Cheers <BR>RicB <BR>  <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Richard Brekne <<A href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no">ricb@pianostemmer.no</A>><BR>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:08 am<BR>Subject: On the 3rd Day of December<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_72ccef0b-4e63-4336-82bb-4e52da11c2c0 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Hey there Wim... I like your spirit !! :) And whomever piannaman at aol.com is came up with a good third day. We can create quite a wreck before Christmas...:) Duanes idea about a Journal contest is also a good idea... we can do both really.. but somebody has to get our Editor onboard on this. <BR> <BR>So... we have so far: I changed my initial line to fit the melodi better. <BR> <BR>On the 3rd day of December, a piano came to me, <BR>With three elbows broken, <BR>two hammers missing, <BR>and a cracked plate and several stuck keys. <BR> <BR>Cheers <BR>RicB <BR> <BR> <BR></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> More new features than ever. Check out the new <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=102287&rui=90101378"><SPAN name="imgCache" border="0"><IMG alt="Free Animations for your email - By IncrediMail! Click Here!" src="cid:309D5CE8-BCC5-4063-B1F4-272E6BC907E1" border=0></SPAN></A></SPAN></BODY></HTML>