<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Good evening Wim, It's been really busy here in the Southeast. I'm sure we'll have a little drop from the latest spike in gasoline prices but rebuilding customers just want their pianos finished, tuning clients seem still pretty eager and piano sales have been much better than this time last year. Of course I would like for them to be better still but don't really expect that until the election is settled. Allan Allan Gilreath, RPT Willem Blees wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:8CAE5ABD2E8DFCA-890-39E1@MBLK-M05.sysops.aol.com" type="cite">If it weren't for my prescheduled appointments, my business would be next to nothing. I've only had one prescheduled appointment cancel on me, but other than that, the phone just isn't ringing. Considering today's Wall Street collapse, except for, of course, the Gulf states, how's business on the rest of the mainland? <div style="clear: both;"> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI 808-349-2943 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bleespiano.com">www.bleespiano.com</a> Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.pianotuning.com">www.pianotuning.com</a></div> <div id="u8CAE5ABD2E8DFCA-890-39E1" class="aol_ad_footer"> <hr style="margin-top: 10px;">Looking for spoilers and reviews on the new TV season? <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037" href="http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037" target="_blank">Get AOL's ultimate guide to fall TV</a>. </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>