<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>So, I had finished tuning the Acrosonic and was closing up the piano, putting away tools, writing the bill.  The phone rang, and I heard the owner say "Can I call you right back?  My piano tuner is just finishing up and I need to write him a check and say goodbye."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>No, the Acro was not the music, nor was the bit about the check.  "My piano tuner."  I love it when they start to feel possessive about me.  The real rewards in this business are the relationships.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Peace</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael Spalding</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net">spalding48@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>