<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>Terry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Just don't forget to take your earplugs with the highest noise reduction rating with you.  Check your local drugstore for some foam ones--they are usually best for very loud noise situations.  And be sure to insert them deep into the ear canals so you get the NRR they promise.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  You're a nice guy, it would be good to see you hearing well for a long, long time yet.</DIV> <P>>. I'll bet this guy used an AccuTuner. All that clop, clop, clop, between tune, tune, tune would wreck a computer! And where would he recharge???? I hope I meet him someday. </P> <P>He was super, funny too.  But he died about 6 years ago.</P> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV> <P>I told her I was Quaker and we worship in silence. She let out a yell and a chuckle. She said to come on down for one of their services and to fasten my seat belt! I can't wait!!! </P> <P>We were up by the Quaker center in the mountains near us to appraise a piano for one of their neighbors yesterday.  It's a beautiful location.</P> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>It's not just a job. It's an adventure!!!!!!!!!!!! <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Terry Farrell <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> ----- Original Message ----- <DIV></DIV>> From: Diane Hofstetter <DIV></DIV>> To: pianotech@ptg.org <DIV></DIV>> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 5:49 PM <DIV></DIV>> Subject: Re: It's a Small (Piano) World - Fun Stuff <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> Many years ago we were at a party and met an elderly man who had been a piano tuner in the outback in Australia. He would travel between jobs on horseback and would stay overnight with his clients who would feed him and his horse dinner and send him off to his next job the following morning after breakfast. He had wonderful tales to tell and we invited him to one of our PTG meetings to tell his tales. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> Diane <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> Diane Hofstetter <DIV></DIV>> 245-M Mount Hermon Rd.#343 <DIV></DIV>> Scotts Valley, CA 95066 <DIV></DIV>> ph 831-438-6222 <DIV></DIV>> fax 831-430-9741 <DIV></DIV>> dianepianotuner@hotmail.com <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>