<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tony,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best of luck with the move.  = Repeat after me:  "Change is energizing, change is good..."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Spalding RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=caute@bigpond.com href="mailto:caute@bigpond.com">Tony = Caught</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> Saturday, March 01, 2003 = 7:19 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Leaving Darwin</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After 18 years in Darwin Australia it is time to move on so in = two weeks time I am leaving Darwin and going to Adelaide which is 3,000 K south.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The hard part is that over that period you build up a clientele = of friends as well as customers (intermixed) and knowing that the only = other piano tuner ? in town is in it for the money only and can't do his job = anyway makes it even harder. I have, in Darwin over 700 customers that I have = to say that I will come back a couple of times to keep everything going and = hopefully another respectable tuner will come to town to look after it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am moving to Adelaide to start all over again which is quite a = daunting task at the age of 64 but it is also exciting to be going back to = where pianos are not steam baked in our super tropical climate. Its going to be an experience to work on and tune pianos that are in a relative stable = climate again. (I might even remember what it is like to tune a piano in 40 = minutes again).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So if I have been a little terse with some of you may understand = that I have been confused about many things for some time however, this list = is the closest thing I have had to guild meeting of piano tuners or just companionship from fellow trades persons that can joke (hopefully only = occasionally) but carry on conversations, in and out of the trade, = that are worthwhile.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Naturally I am carrying on as a subscriber but for the next few = weeks I expect to be rather busy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Look after</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tony</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>