<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=390223914-01032003><FONT color=#0000ff = size=2>Carry on. God bless. Hope the move is a blessing to your wife and new vistas for you!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390223914-01032003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390223914-01032003><FONT color=#0000ff = size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390223914-01032003><FONT color=#0000ff = size=2>Steamy/Snowy Salem, MO</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Tony Caught<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 01, 2003 7:19 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Leaving = Darwin<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After 18 years in Darwin Australia it is time to move on so in = two weeks time I am leaving Darwin and going to Adelaide which is 3,000 K south.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The hard part is that over that period you build up a clientele = of friends as well as customers (intermixed) and knowing that the only = other piano tuner ? in town is in it for the money only and can't do his job = anyway makes it even harder. I have, in Darwin over 700 customers that I have = to say that I will come back a couple of times to keep everything going and = hopefully another respectable tuner will come to town to look after it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am moving to Adelaide to start all over again which is quite a = daunting task at the age of 64 but it is also exciting to be going back to = where pianos are not steam baked in our super tropical climate. Its going to be an experience to work on and tune pianos that are in a relative stable = climate again. (I might even remember what it is like to tune a piano in 40 = minutes again).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So if I have been a little terse with some of you may understand = that I have been confused about many things for some time however, this list = is the closest thing I have had to guild meeting of piano tuners or just companionship from fellow trades persons that can joke (hopefully only = occasionally) but carry on conversations, in and out of the trade, = that are worthwhile.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Naturally I am carrying on as a subscriber but for the next few = weeks I expect to be rather busy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Look after</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tony</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>