<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi Phil,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Could tthey perhaps be referring to "good value"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>ie.... "A well recommended and competent = technician is always good value"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Surely this is a translation error... but maybe not.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Graeme Harvey</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>New Plymouth</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>New Zealand</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 01:02:40 -0400<BR>From: "Phil = Bondi" <<A = href="mailto:tito@PhilBondi.com">tito@PhilBondi.com</A>><BR>Subject:= ..from inside the piano bench..<BR><BR>..i was doing some floor tunings = today - inside one of the piano benches(whos<BR>manufacturer will remain = somewhat anonymous for now) were the usual stuff from an<BR>era gone by - = old-looking manuals, some music and a warranty card. The owners<BR>manual was kinda cool...offering different locations where to put one's = new<BR>piano..room sizing..just different kinda stuff...then on the warranty card, = there<BR>were a bunch of 'rules', or 'suggestions' that this manufacturer had = assembled<BR>for the new owner to look at, observe, and hopefully follow..there was one 'rule'<BR>or 'suggestion' that kinda caught me by surprise..and it said:<BR><BR>"A well recommended and competent technician is always = the least expensive."<BR><BR>Discuss?..or disgust?<BR><BR>Rook<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>