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<DIV>Joe,</DIV>
<DIV>I wish I had the experience you have regarding tuning. However, I =
do find
that my tunings seem to be more stable if I pitch raise very fast and =
then
refine the tuning at a more leisurely pace.</DIV>
<DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT<BR><A
href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 12, =
2002 2:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Speed Tuning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I would like to go on record to say that I do not pray =
to the
dollar God. If<BR>I did, I would have stayed in the high stress =
business(s) I
was in before<BR>deciding to become a Piano Technician. Therefore, I =
consider
"Speed Tuning"<BR>to be comparative to the difference between a Meat =
Market
and a Safeway Meat<BR>Department. (Flame suit is zipped up
tight!)<BR>Regards,<BR>Joe Garrett, RPT,
(Oregon)<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>