<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 align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>Jeez, in Thumper's= situation he book the gig to include a piano tuning...</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Joe= Garrett <<A= href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net<= /A>><BR>To: pianotech <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec= eived: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:44:59 -0800<BR>Subject: Thumper's= Private Gig</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Thumper said: "<FONT= face="Times New Roman" size=3>P.S. I played a small private= reception for a<BR>celebrity  you'd all recognize last= night, in a big<BR>mansion.......... on a Wurlitzer console. The= owner<BR>came up to me, beaming, "How do you like it ?"= I<BR>rejected the first 10 answers that came to mind, bit<BR>my= lip and politely said "It's OK ". ( I'm not good at<BR>lying )= "When was it tuned ?" " Sometime in the last<BR>year!" he beamed= again.<BR>     Sheesh!<FONT face=Arial= size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thumper,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've seen the above statement, and= finally can't let it pass. You have no one but your self, to= blame for that!! When musicians start specifying "A Tuned Piano"= in their contracts/negotiations, then we'll hear less and less= of the out of tune pianos over the air waves, etc. (Big PET= PEEVE!)<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool= Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>