<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> For those of you on the exam prep list, forgive the duplicate posting!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After failing both parts of the regulation test last July, I retook the= m this morning and passed both....ahhhhh....now I feel like taking a long nap!  I'll wait a little bit before scheduling the tuning test.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tips for those who are going to take these tests:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you're planning on having that extra cup of coffee to get up for the= test, forget it!  You will not need the extra nerve boost.  Have a= cup of herbal tea instead.  Do something to relax.  Listen to some rea= lly soft music on the way.  I went for a bike ride this AM to disperse the excess nervous energy I woke up with.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Make sure you get all parts travelled and aligned.  The actual regulation goes pretty smoothly once those things are done.  If you don= 't get things in a row first, you'll do lots of backtracking, which is one= thing that cost me lots of time in my first attempt.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>IMHO, the upright model assembly/regulation was far harder than the gra= nd because of the 3-note factor.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Relax.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Relax.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Relax.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That's all I have to say...I'm going to sleep now!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>