<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV></DIV> <DIV>Hi Wim,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My restoration business is busy - appraising for people that hope their old piano is going to make them rich is fairly busy - but sales of new instruments is nearly non existent.  Its got to get better!<BR> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Steve Grattan</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Lost Chord Clinic</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Willem Blees <wimblees@aol.com><BR>To: Pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 8:39:33 PM<BR>Subject: How's business?<BR><BR>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? <BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"><BR>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>808-349-2943<BR><A href="http://www.bleespiano.com/" target=_blank>www.bleespiano.com</A><BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR><A href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target=_blank>www.pianotuning.com</A></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAE5ABD2E8DFCA-890-39E1><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL,; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Looking for spoilers and reviews on the new TV season? <A title=http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037 href="http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Get AOL's ultimate guide to fall TV</A>.</FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>