<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>As I sent my post, I hesitated, because I knew I was being a little bit smarty pants. But I had not thought of the possibility of the factory setting. Wow! 2000 regulations. I am as impressed as I am humbled. I'll bet you can do a pretty efficient action regulation by now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>That'll teach me to open up my smart alec mouth!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>(tail between legs.....)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry, Yes you are correct. One grand a day, 5 a week at the bench in a factory and that included voicing. No tuning during the day. That was night time and weekend work. It was a 45 minute drive each way to work. Yes I was very busy. Those were the start up days. I had to work to buy a house and raise a family.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regulated over 2,000 pianos in a corrected 20 year carrier? That's 200 regulations per year. That's almost one per day. Joe Garrett's labor guide alots about 8 hours for a partial regulation and 13 hours for a full regulation. Not to mention voicing. Not to mention driving to the job. Sorry to nit-pick, but you must be very busy! Have you ever tuned a piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>SNIP</B></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> After being taught by a master technician 8 hours a day, five day a week for about 1 year, and having regulated and voiced over 2000 pianos and being in this business for 11 years, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>SNIP</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia<BR>Allied PianoCraft<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>