<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=670260602-03091999>Dear Brian Schwarzeneggar,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=670260602-03091999>Send me whatever steroids you are taking, and I'll wrestle some Baldwins, = too. :-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=670260602-03091999>May you rest well over this 4-day weekend. :-)  You deserve it.  Congratulations.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=670260602-03091999>John Formsma</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670260602-03091999>P.S.  Did you tune these aurally or electronically?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of</B> Brian Trout<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 02, 1999 7:57 = AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Marathon = tuning<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just hit a personal record.  Maybe it's no big deal to = most of you, but it was to me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yesterday, I tuned 10 NEW Baldwin vertical pianos.  Not = 'brush' tunings, not 'quickie' tunings... full tunings.  And all but two = were fresh from the factory, and wild as can be.... which meant for the = most part, sharp in the middle, and flat on the ends, with very tight tuning = pins.  I've got the blister on my hand this morning to prove = it.    </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I've done 7, even 8 full tunings in a day, but = never 10.  And hopefully I won't have to repeat it anytime soon.  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Have a good day, all.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Brian Trout</DIV> <DIV>Quarryville, PA</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:btrout@desupernet.net">btrout@desupernet.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>