<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I thought about this a while more Dale - actually, thinking about = whether I should or not - and I think one of the big reasons is that I absolutely = LOVE working with wood. My first degree was in Forestry - that's how much I = love wood. If I thought about doing this five or ten years from now when I am = clearing $60,000 to $100,000 a year rebuilding pianos (hey, everyone = needs to have goals!), I could never try it because it would cost me TENS of = thousands of dollars (in lost wages). Dabbling with this now is much easier to = swallow financially because - well, let's just say I'm well below the = aforementioned income range. And I am just not that busy now. I am busy full time, but = I don't have much of a waiting line to get into my shop, so I can wiggle this = kind of stuff in.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And it adds significantly to the romance of piano rebuilding. That = is important to me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@AOL.COM href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> January 18, 2002 = 11:25 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: my own = Soundboard</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">   So tell me again why is it that = you and Greg are so determined to spend thousands of dollars in time and = money to make one or two soundboards when you can order a couple premade = panels for 1k and before you learn and refine the REST of the process? There = is so much to juggle.</FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">For the fun of it Dale, for the fun of it...and = the challange.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Del</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FON= T></BODY></HTML>