<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Mark-up (was Steinway parts)</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><BR></FONT><BR> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>I've heard that true artisans &  professionals are paid</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>for what they know not  necessarily how much time is put in</FONT>..</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV>This is a paraphrasing of an old story circulating around...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>An engineer was on a cruise when a noise developed in the</DIV> <DIV>propulsion system. Being a specialist they called on him.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>He walked are the engine room and placed an ''X" on a shaft.</DIV> <DIV>He asked for a hammer and whacked the pipe at the mark.</DIV> <DIV>The noise stopped.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The Captain asked for an itemization of his $501.00 bill:</DIV> <DIV>Hitting chalk mark with hammer      $1.00</DIV> <DIV>Knowing where to place the mark   $500.00</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=161034813-14022008>[Leslie Bartlett]  Yes, but maybe the noise on the ship was not paid out of "discretionary money".</SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=161034813-14022008> </SPAN></FONT></PRE></BODY></HTML>