<HEAD> <STYLE>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=compText> <P>And then they tell you "...oh, I didn't know that opened up like that!", or when adjusting pedals on a vertical, "I didn't know that board came off of there like that!".  May be a southern thing?</P> <P>Chuck C., FL<BR></P> <P>P.S. Have you never seen a model railroad, e.g., on a grand lid at Christmas time?<BR><BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Willem Blees <WIMBLEES@AOL.COM><BR>Sent: Feb 8, 2008 9:35 PM <BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org <BR>Subject: Re: Standing Room Only <BR><BR><WBR>Speaking of another universe, how many of you have approached a piano full of pictures, nick-knacks, and what not on top of the piano, and the customers asks: "Do these need to come off?" What are these people thinking? I had one with a fish tank on top. One of the professors at UA had his entire audio system on the top of the piano, including a large selection of records. You'd think he would know better. <BR><BR>Arrrgggghhhh..<BR><BR> <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> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>