<HTML>Don Mannino, South Carolina, Pianos, and friends; that'sa terrific combination from my si= de of the tee, Don. I'd love to get the chance to tune a duplex scale on ano= ther one of those beautiful kawai's I saw at the Orlando Convention. Just to= refresh your memory on the input i'm speaking about let me recount this bri= ef anecdote: Virgil and Jim had a tuneoff on 4 kawai's . They tuned two on the scene and = two behind the scenes. The purpose was to match ETD's vs. aural techniques. = Well, one piano came out waaayyyy on top of the other three indicating that = the tuner of that piano was wwaaayyyy ahead of the competitor. But we all kn= ow that Virgil and Jim are equal titans so I gave in to suspicion and checke= d out the pianos with a few colleagues who were in the front row next to me.= The result of our check was that ONE piano's duplex was perfectly in tune. G= uess which one it was? I  don't believe the competition was won by VS o= r JC. I think the winner of the competition was The Duplex Scale! Hope to see you in S. Carolina. Dan Franklin </HTML>