<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008>Jim is being kind.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008>What I said was:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008>"I have reached an age at which I realize I have only so many piano projects left in me; do I want this to be one of them. Increasingly the answer is no."</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008>The same principle, of course, applies to other endeavors as well.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008>Del</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008> <P><FONT size=2>Delwin D Fandrich<BR>Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant<BR>620 South Tower Avenue<BR>Centralia, Washington 98531  USA<BR>Phone  360.736-7563<BR><<A href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>> </FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=187513219-25012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>JIMRPT@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> January 25, 2008 8:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> too old LES ? :)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" cite="" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">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><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">les bartlett</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Les;<BR>Del gave a wonderful response to this dilemma you are creating for yourself several years ago....<BR>He said (paraphrasing) *I have only so many instruments left to work on and I don't choose to spend my remaining limited time on this one.*<BR>Of course he said it better than I remember but I took his words to heart and have applied them to myself without regret ever since.<BR>Jim Bryant (FL)</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>