<HTML>In a message dated 3/31/01 7:36:37 PM Central Daylight Time, diskladame@provide.net (Z! Reinhardt) writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Do you find that the more money someone has control of, the more tonedeaf they are?  Seems like the fancier the establishment, the worse the piano.</BLOCKQUOTE> You're absolutely right.  All of the big hotels have Yamaha GH1's (they look the same as the more expensive ones and that part about them not staying in tune, who knows the difference when the piano music competes with the water fountain in providing "atmosphere").  The Food & Beverage Manager is always the one who is in charge of maintenance.  That person always sits in an office with no windows and only responds to complaints, not recommendations. Also, here, the most exclusive, expensive downtown businessmen's club has a D. H. Baldwin (Korean made).  When somebody spilled a drink on the lowest 8 bass strings, making them dead as doornails, nobody noticed for months.  Even though the problem was reported when the piano was tuned, they took no action.  Finally, someone did complain about it and an urgent call was placed to "repair" the problem.  When they were told they had *already* been given a quote on how *much* this would cost to fix, they again, took no action.  It's pathetic. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin</HTML>