<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Yess yess.... we all understand that you think of this as elitism, and we are all aware that some others do not, rather viewing with disdane these low end pianos. I happen to aggree with the later when it comes to it... So what ?? Its certainly not a big enough deal to carry on a life long war or crusade about. As I have said before... that some dont like these things... and express that viewpoint, has some nice positive effects as well... non the least of these that newbies and techs who have some affinity for this kind of work get just that much more to do. To each their own. Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>In a message dated 1/5/01 6:53:51 PM Central Standard Time, hgreeley@stanford.edu (Horace Greeley) writes:     <blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">would one rather have such a lab?  Or, a room full of 50's/60's vintage Wurlitzer and/or Kimball consoles to try to keep in tune?  I am not sure which is more frustrating....except that, as one very well known technician once said:  "Tuning a Kimball is like trying to nail Jello to a wall" - so, one starts tuning, and, when the big hand goes around once, one stops and moves on, without having to worry about anything electronic.</blockquote> This is exactly what I mean, folks.  I'm sure there are abundant numbers of piano technicians out there who have not had the kind of lofty career described by this man who could figure out how to tune and maintain a group of Kimball 42" Consoles and have no trouble at all doing so.' It takes only the most basic set of skills, common sense and common knowledge. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin</blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no</A>  </html>