<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Phil,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I haven't seen much of this. I'm curious, though...are the dealers aski= ng you to tune at a discounted rate, or your standard rate?  Or is it the customer who is expected to pay?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/20/2006 3:54:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, phil@philbondi.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Hello all.<BR><BR>In the last 2 months, I have gotten 6 calls from dealers out o= f state to <BR>do tunings on new pianos.<BR><BR>This is a new trend for me..= and I'm wondering if this is a new trend for <BR>the industry..I get the impression these people are buying from eBay <BR>adds or possibly dealing = with their previously local dealership for a <BR>piano. I don't ask the client 'where did you get this piano from' - I <BR>just go in and do the work.<BR><BR>Has anyone else reading this notice this type of trend?<BR><BR>-Phil Bondi(Fl)</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>