<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    On Saturday, I had = to go out to do the first tuning on a K&C 52" upright for a Mr. Che. He had = gotten one before that had a funny buzz in it, and I got sent out to see what was = going on with it. If you remember, I posted a note on the list about it; the = soundboard had come unglued at the top of the frame. He requested me because he = appreciated my willingness to find the problem and send that piano back, rather than = blow him off with B.S.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Anyway, I was there = doing a pitch raise and fine tuning, a little voicing, string leveling etc., and = he asked me if I'd like some tea that he had bought in China. He goes back = every five years or so. So, I asked him about the conditions that the people = live in there. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Turns out, he was = one of the demonstrators in Tiannamen Square! He said that things were not as bad = as some people in the press here made out, but they were during the cultural = revolution. Mostly, they would arrest the people who were organizers, and left most = of the people who were at the demonstrations alone. Two months after that = event, he was able to get his papers to leave the country. He said that he was working = at the University there at the time of the demonstration. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Small world. It was = nice getting a different view on things. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></FONT><= /DIV></BODY></HTML>