<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They think it is next week = ?<O(((</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kswafford@earthlink.net = href="mailto:kswafford@earthlink.net">Kent Swafford</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 23, 2005 = 3:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Kansas City (MO = & KS)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Six paid exhibitors totaling 7 booths = failed to show. As of this morning, we hadn't heard a word from any of them, which is = a bit baffling.</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Kent</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Jun 23, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Farrell wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: = none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; = LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px = 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: = auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kent Swafford email me = privately and said:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>I hate to hear stories like yours, but all the booths were = sold. A few exhibitors without notice failed to appear when we opened the doors = for setup on Tuesday, and Renner aborted their exhibit in the middle of setup.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kent</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To which I replied:</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ahhhhhhh. Okay, that = happens. = Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Terry Farrell</SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Double Hummmmmmmmmmm</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">No coment O((</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span = style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: = underline">imatunr@srvinet.com</SPAN></A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: = underline">www.mothergoosetools.com</SPAN></A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">----- Original = Message -----</SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 13px arial; font-color: = black"><B style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial"> </SPAN><A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); FONT-FAMILY: = arial; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: = underline">Farrell</SPAN></A><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><B style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial"> </SPAN><A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); FONT-FAMILY: = arial; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: = underline">Pianotech</SPAN></A><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><B style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial"> Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:23 AM</SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><B style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = arial"> Re: Kansas City (MO & KS)</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hmmmmm. You didn't = see me at the convention because I called late and was told all the vendor = space had been rented......and that I would be called if any space = opened up. Hmmmm. Grrrrrr. Hmmmm. Grrrrr.....</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Terry Farrell</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: = 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 13px arial"><FONT size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">SNIP</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The convention was as satisfying = and as exhausting as usual...the only negative (and a small one at = that) was that the Exhibition Hall seemed a bit less populous than = usual...not by those attending, but those exhibiting.  The quality of = the exhibits is not in question, simply that there seemed to be = fewer of them.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SNIP</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stan Ryberg </SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Barrington IL </SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: = underline"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: = underline"><A = href="mailto:jstan40@sbcglobal.net">jstan40@sbcglobal.net</A></SPAN></U= ></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR = class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQU= OTE></BODY></HTML>