<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hehe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have done cruise ship work also for = about one year, not as a tuner, but as a pianist.  I got paid every = month, but I didn't manage to get the piano tuned (not even once in a whole year).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk">Alan Forsyth</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 07, = 2004 10:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Cruise Ship Piano = Tuner </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Not so sure about that bit where he = mentions that the ship's engine vibration causes the piano to go out of = tune???? It's vibrations that cause sound in the first place and make pianos work!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I did cruise ship work for a while but = discovered that getting paid was a whole load of trouble. It = appears that the ship's chandlers only pay once they get paid by the shipping = company and that can take a very long time.....and there is also the hassle of = customs, security and remembering to take along your = passport.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>