<!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 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I got into this business to eliviate = the stress levels that I experience in my former lives! (Inhalation = Therapist/Trauma, Chef, Professional Musician...whatever!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Personally, if I can't have reasonable = quiet, while attempting to bring a piano up to Performance Level, then I choose to = GO! Noisy situations, in a professional venue is just plain RUDE, on their part, = IMO! (Not to mention stupid...after all they do make THEIR money from the = excellence of the performers!) We are PART of the Performance. If we cannot be allowed = to do our magic, up to the level needed, then it's time to tell em' to kiss = off. In home situations are a whole different thing. I was taught to tune = through just about anything, WHEN it is necessary. My mentor had me tune the Bass = while he was tuning the Treble, during a pitch raise! Try that out = sometime!<G> Or, tune a piano, in the hall way of a High School, WHILE school is in = session! Yikes!<G> (My mentor was tuning the two pianos, in the gym, WHILE = gym classes were in session!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The point is, there are times when you = just have to "suck it up". I choose to NOT! That is my choice, as I don't want the STRESS!<G> (As I get older, I realize life is too damned short to = put up with that sort of crap.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>