<!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 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Preach it Dave</DIV> <DIV>  I heard Willis Synder say those very words about 20 some years ago & the light went off.  bells rang ...ding...ding.  ding... It was my two roads diverging in a yellow  wood....I took the one less traveled by......  I learned to be the guy in my area that could fix anything.... voice a cat or tune a fish....</DIV> <DIV>If I had to</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV>David Andersen</DIV> <DIV>P.S. I can find a whole hell of a lot to do to almost every working or older piano that takes all of 12 hours. Certainly the vast majority of even good pianos in this country are sold and installed right out of the box, with a tuning only. They ALL need setup. Really.</DIV> <DIV>Fight the myth and bullshit. Fight the doubt. Bring the truth. All pianos are machines. All pianos need setup, then whole-system maintenance.</DIV> <DIV>Forever.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Don't listen to me; listen to Willis Snyder legendary mentor, </DIV> <DIV>teacher, tuner, technician, rebuilder, giver:</DIV> <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN><B><U>"Always aim for the high end."</U></B></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. <A title="http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565" href="http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565" target="_blank">AOL Music takes you there.</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>