<div>Hi Les, </div> <div> </div> <div>Well, tell them first and if they won't pay for it, don't do it! JMHO! </div> <div> </div> <div>Avery <br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 30, 2008 6:32 AM, Leslie Bartlett <<a href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Oh have offered that on so many occasions.  Few positive replies, so I gave<br>up. I'm sort of a necessary evil in a way because I am so often "in the<br> way". Teachers are mostly quite cordial, glad for the good work I do, but<br>now that finances are so bad that they expect 20 cent pitch raises in one<br>pass, no payment for a second pass, my ear cannot get used to such<br> mediocrity, and since I do some heavy-weight tuning, my ears, especially<br>"limited ears" cannot stand to get used to that.......<br>les<br> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf<br> Of Diane Hofstetter<br>Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:20 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>Subject: insurance<br><br><br>I agree, I love those kids, and have been known to take HOURS on a job,<br> because I take time with them.  Maybe you could make an offer to the music<br>teacher to teach a short session on piano tuning?<br>Diane<br><br>insurance<br>Leslie Bartlett l-bartlett at <a href="http://sbcglobal.net/" target="_blank">sbcglobal.net</a> Tue Jan 29 21:04:10 MST 2008<br> <br><br>That's no fun...............  I love the inquisitive kids who think it's<br>really cool that they got to pull a string and understand a harmonic.<br>That's the terrible thing about all this- the good kids get cheated out of a<br> golden opportunity for some interesting learning.<br>les b<br><br><br>Diane Hofstetter<br><br></div></div>No virus found in this incoming message.<br>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<br>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.16/1251 - Release Date: 01/30/2008<br> 9:29 AM<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>