<html> My, my, what a fresh, creative voice!  Doug, you remind me of a local real-life character here in West Virginia who also pioneers new techniques and plows fresh turf in his work.  No, he's not a Real Piano Tuner either.  I do believe the two of you must be related.  Thank you for regaling us with your conquests.  I do hope you reveal your true identity soon.  You know, your alter ego.  That sort of thing.  Thank you, thank you.  This has been most refreshing.  Keep your noodles fresh and your elbows bent.  Wally Wilson, RPT PS - when you can snatch the hammer from my hand, Little Tooner, it will be time for you to go! At 02:16 PM 7/3/01 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Hi all. I was surprised to hear from so many of you via private email asking for details on my tuning method. By the way, many of you had "RPT" after your name. What does that stand for: "Real Piano Tuner" or what? In any event, due to the overwhelming response I have decided to sell my information. Now don't get all excited...I don't want the money for myself. I was thinking of $20 which is the cost of one of my tunings. (Incidentally, I'm up to 19 tunings now and well on my way to my goal of 5 tunings a week (one per day). Hope it doesn't tire me out too much. I must remember to keep a fresh set of batteries for my tape player around.) Don't send the money to me. I want to help my mother. She's been sick and needs help paying for doctors and medicine. Her address is: Mrs. D. Vitreous 1141 Calle Cinco de Mayo Buenos Aires, Argentina No personal checks please. International money orders only. Only $20, payable to Douglas Vitreous. I'm sorry that some of you have chosen to make light of my Betsy Ross repair procedure. I chose Rigatoni for several good reasons: shape, size and thickness. References to elbow macaroni have fallen on deaf ears (mine) and you know what you can do with it (yours). Ditto on farina and semolina. Doesn't anyone take new ideas seriously? I can't report back on the results of that repair quite yet (as I'd hoped to do) because the piano owner neglected to tell me about a mouse problem she's been having and unfortunately overnight the repaired parts disappeared. More about that later after I've dealt with the problem. I have ways... My mother (bless her -- sick as she is) always said "If you can't say something nice then get outta' my face." Let that be the lesson here. I'm trying to start a piano repair dialog here and snide remarks only make YOU look silly. And we'll see who has the last laugh. Douglas Vitreous, IPR (Innovative Piano Repairer) </blockquote> </html>