<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used to live right there, in fact I = grew up in the area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From what I've seen, and knowing the = area, if a piano is going to be affected at all by these fires, = rebuilding is going to be out of the question, as there isn't going to be anything = left to rebuild. These are fast moving, totally engulfing fires we're talking = about, fanned by Santa Ana winds above 50 MPH.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    So, what rebuilding? = Pictures of whole neighborhoods where there are only chimneys left standing are the = only ones I've seen.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> ; = <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Newtonburg</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 28, 2003 = 8:15 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Calfornia = fires</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Fowarded Wim. <BR>RicB <P><A href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Any techs = out there effected by the fires? I'm not on Pianotech any more, so if one of = you could forward this message, and report any problems, that would be appreciated.</FONT></FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>I guess the good news will be = lots of work for the piano rebuilders once the fires are outs.</FONT></FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial><FONT = size=-1>Wim</FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway = <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR><A = href="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib= .no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>