<!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 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Tom</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>My heart goes out to you and your community. As a person who had the eye of Hurricane Frances hit my home and then 3 weeks later had  Jean go us even harder, both storms  did a big number on our community. The following year Hurricane Wilma  made a direct hit in the same spot.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>You are right about stuff being just stuff.... but family is what you can't replace. Be thankful for your family and community as it's what really binds us together.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Tom Servinsky</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"><B>From:</B> <A title=bunkypiano@aol.com href="mailto:bunkypiano@aol.com">bunkypiano</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 13, 2008 8:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: !! NOTICE !!! Read --- Read</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a note to let all you know that my music store, Mc Nabb Music, a 1904 building,( you may have seen the mural in Musical Merchandiser and a few other trade magazines back in 1999), was totally destroyed by fire after the recent hurricane Gustav completely innundated the building with water, and caught fire 3 days later, within an hour after power was restored.  The store was my retail center for pianos, sound systems, instruments and service.  Lost a nice orchestron, lions  head player piano, a couple of grands, and a ton of uprights as well as digital pianos, speakers, amps and parts but the worst part was my album collection in the 4000 or so number, some Beatle ones still unopened.....I was a disc jockey in the 60's and musician by choice and  piano man by trade as well as engineer by education.  My repair and  refinishing and rebuilding shop survived, and my tuning tools were with me at home, thank goodness.  I know many of you out there personally and I guess I am just passing this information on to let you know that all of the things of the world are just "stuff", even though in this case some irreplaceable, but in the final analysis are just not that important.  Take care of your real treasures, your family and friends.  I am sometimes taken aback with the bickering and hair splitting going on on this list but I want all of you to know that we are members of a very elite group, all dedicated thinkers and tinkerers, and need to cut each other some slack.  Sometimes I am very disappointed in many of you, and for that reason may or may not join in a thread in which I may or may not be proficient.  Let's all be proud of each other, and lift each other up and continue to dignify this profession in which I have been passionate for almost 40 years and which has given me nothing but pride and satisfaction, as well as has provided for 6 children, the latest, my next to last daughter, who recently graduated from La. Tech and has taken a position at an architectural firm in Nashville.  I'll be spending some time there in the very near future.  At any rate, the invitation is still there for any of you to stop at my hotel in Bunkie, La, The Bailey Hotel, and visit should you ever come to Louisiana.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.baileyhotel.com">www.baileyhotel.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Mc Nabb</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>