<HTML><HTML> In a message dated 11/3/04 8:17:33 AM, deanmay@pianorebuilders.com writes:<B= R> <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">you could have hit th= e delete key and wiped em’ all out in about 5 seconds. </BLOCKQUOTE> I deleted the entire pianotech list for several months because of this kind = of attitude.  The amount of discussion actually relating to pianos see= ms to have gotten smaller since I last visited the list.  (3 out of 37= ! And since my first post, another 5, so now 42 to 3:  OTs win!) Let me proclaim to all of you: THE PIANOTECH FORUM IS DEAD.  You obvio= usly all haven't realized it, yet, but look at what's in your mailbox right = now.  Pianotech does not exist any longer.  It has morphed into = an email list of personal opinion which has little or nothing to do with pia= nos.   It is unfortunate.  Once, this list was a wealth of information. Next time you feel as if everyone needs to know what you think about Bush, I= raq, or God, ask yourself, WWDD?  (What would Del do?)  As I loo= k over the OTs, I don't see any from Del Fandrich.  And I'm realizing = right now: I don't know what Del thinks about Iraq!  And then I realiz= e: with as much respect as I have for him, his voluminous knowledge of piano= construction, and his contributions to this list in the past, I don't reall= y care what he thinks about Iraq.  And then I realize that I also resp= ect him for knowing that I don't really care about what he thinks about Iraq= and therefore he keeps it to himself.  Thank you, Del. Mourn the death of Pianotech.  PianoTunaGuy</HTML>