<div>Les</div> <div> </div> <div>When you get to the point where you don't want to work on old clunkers, and you don't need old pianos just to fix them up, you can pat yourself on the back, and say, "I'm finally doing what I LIKE to do, and not what I HAVE to do, to make a living". That is when the drudgery ends, and the fun begins.   You've not gotten old. You've just gotten very good. Congratulations. <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 3:56 pm<br> Subject: am I getting too old?<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_b374dae0-5145-4ef4-a9e5-43cc819e2529> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>I got a call today from some guy who has an "old K&C" piano with some broken strings and some broken hammers and needs a tune up real bad……………   Do many come to the point where there is a limit to "problems" one reaches and finally just decides s/he doesn't want to work on such a relic?   He says he'll call me back (I am afraid he might) after I get done with a school district.</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also got a call from a man wanting to give away a "concert baby grand piano".  Free, no less!  And insensitive me, I declined the offer.   I'm kind of serious about the question, though. The guy says he has a whole bunch of hammers he bought from someone, so is sure I could find ones that fit. He just doesn't know how to do the fixin'.     I hope I'm not becoming a snob, but I simply can't bring myself to face things which seem to offer no hope of being better after being "worked on"……</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>les bartlett</FONT> </div> </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>