<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ted</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This can often be the case.  I = guess that one way to deal with the "recession blues", is for people to spend = money on certain luxuries.  Most of us do it up to a = point.  Getting the family piano brought up to scratch is a good example, = but it seems that doesn't extend to actually buying a new = piano.  Good for technicians, but bad for retailers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian Holden, New Zealand </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:rohde@pdnt.com" title=rohde@pdnt.com>Ted Rohde</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 29, 2001 = 3:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: bittersweet day - = now recession business</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Mr. Ulrich and all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>    I read with = interest your comments on the "luxury" service that we provide withstanding a recession.   I've been in business through three recessions = (late seventies, the one mid eighties, and the "worst economy in 50 = years(?)" of the early nineties)  and we've found that the worse the economy = becomes, the busier we become repairing pianos.  Has anyone else found this to = be the case?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT>    <FONT = color=#000000 size=2>Thanks for any input.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Ted Rohde</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>