<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=6>YEAH SO WHAT?  YOU GOT A = PROBLEM WIT DAT?</FONT></FONT><FONT size=6></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=6></FONT></FONT><FONT size=6></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=6>;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=6></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>John Woodrow <<A = href="mailto:woodroj@syvax.email.dupont.com">woodroj@syvax.email.dupont= .com</A>><BR><B>To: </B><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> = <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Friday, March 13, 1998 2:10 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Got a laugh = from this one<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>List,<BR>Came across this gem on page 588 of = "Tuning" by Owen Jorgensen. Gave me a good laugh so for = those who haven't seen it previously: <BR><BR>"Tuners are governed by = instinct principally, and are necessarily emotional. They cannot be relied = upon to tune at all times with equal results, for much depends upon mood. = The most expert and rapid tuners are men possessed of a highly excitable, = nervous, and emotional temperament, verging on the border of insanity at = times". Daniel Spillane, <I>The Piano, Scientific, Technical, and Practical Instructions relating to Tuning, Regulating, and Toning</I> (New = York: Edward Lyman Bill, 1893), p26.<BR><BR><BR>Regards,<BR>John Woodrow<BR>Sydney, Australia<BR><B><?bigger><BR><?/bigger></B>Email: = John.Woodrow@aus.dupont.com </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>