<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry, have you discussed this with = her?  I would think that any "reasonable" person would not expect someone to = tune musical instruments if they were all going off at the same time. Perhaps = she doesn't know how easy it would be to temporarily disable them? = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 09, 2003 = 6:48 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Professional = identity</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Tom wrote:<BR><BR>"No homes with 87 cuckoo clocks all = set at different times...."<BR><BR>Do you have one of those also? My customer = is a piano teacher and she has all the wall of her large studio lined with functioning cuckoo clocks, none of which is set to the right time. = What a bear!<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- = <BR>From: "Tom Driscoll" <<A href="mailto:tomtuner@attbi.com">tomtuner@attbi.com</A>><BR>To: "'Pianotech'" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: = Sunday, March 09, 2003 10:03 AM<BR>Subject: RE: Professional = identity<BR><BR><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On<BR>> Behalf Of J Patrick Draine<BR>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:23 AM<BR>> To: Pianotech<BR>> Subject: Re: Professional identity<BR>> <BR>> = <BR>> On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 11:53  PM, Ron Nossaman = wrote:<BR>> <BR>> ><BR>> > Last week, I once again tuned the piano for = the folks that for years <BR>> > have looked at my pre-printed = invoice and business card and made the <BR>> > check out to Rahn Nossaman. = This year, it was made out to Tony <BR>> > Nossaman.<BR>> <BR>> = I had a customer ask me "Did I spell your name correctly?" as he handed = <BR>> me a check. The check was made out to "Tom Driscoll."<BR>> <BR>> = <BR>> Patrick Draine<BR>> <BR>> Patrick<BR>> That must mean youve = stolen one of my old customers.You must now<BR>> give me one of = yours.----No grand spinets please -No homes with 87<BR>> cuckoo clocks all set at = different times--No ladies serving instant<BR>> coffee with skim milk---And = no customers feeling the need to tell me<BR>> about  the blind = piano tuner who tuned Grandmas piano--you know the<BR>> grandma who was a = concert pianist and whose piano was smashed up by her<BR>> brothers and = father after she died  ! Tom Driscoll<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech list = info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR>______________________________________= _________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>