<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>"Notes of a Piano Tuner" What a wonderful book and one that certainly struck
<BR>a chord (pun intended) with me. I hope someday to write one on the Pianos
<BR>found in the West:
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<BR>While traveling and working remote and rural communities (working as a
<BR>geologist, not a technician), I have been in the habit of visiting the local
<BR>Community or Senior Center, strike up a conversation and end up "tinkering"
<BR>with the inevitable old upright.
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<BR>On occasion I will end up spending the better part of the
<BR>afternoon....talking, explaining pianos and show how they work. And listen to
<BR>lots of "the-piano-that-I-used-to-have " stories. Always ends up with
<BR>referrals to every piano owner in town !! Every old piano is a Treasure to
<BR>the owner and anything that can be done is usually appreciated.
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<BR>I had one elderly woman sit a horrible beast which had been wrestled to at
<BR>least something chromatic. She struggled through a piece which turned out to
<BR>be FUR ELISE. When she finished, her friends gave a round of applause and
<BR>she turned to me with misty eyes and said "I haven't played a piano since I
<BR>was a little girl...Thank You".
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<BR>Try to put a dollar sign in front of that folks !!
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<BR> Walter Slack, PTG Associate
<BR> Amargosa Valley, Nevada</FONT></HTML>