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<DIV>Tuning a cheapo asian grand in a living room that looked like an exhibi=
t
hall in the louvre, with white french provinicial furniture, 30 foot ceiling=
s,
and a marble floor wasn't that fun. In fact, I've had nightmare fantas=
ies
about this very thing. Sort of like if you were tuning a piano in that=
scene where the starchild is born in "2001, a Space Odyssey." The echo=
es
were nearly impossible to distinguish from the beats in the unisons. B=
ut
it WAS a unique environment to be sure.</DIV>
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<DIV>From there, it was on to theCapital Club, on the 17th floor of tha=
t
bastion of Conservatism, the Knight-Ridder Building in downtown San Jose, wh=
ere
I replaced a string, tuned, and gave an estimate for an action bracket
replacement on a Young Chang 157(the estimate was NOT low!). Watching =
the
planes arrive and depart from the nearby airport was quite a trip!</DIV>
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<DIV>Seldom is the day when I don't have something interesting to offer my w=
ife
in the way of dinner table conversation! (at least I think it's
intersting...:-)</DIV>
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<DIV>As Bill Ballard says, may life give you interesting pianos,</DIV>
<DIV>(and, I'll add, interesting situations in which to tune them!)</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV>
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