<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>David, with all due = respect, what happened at the convention was good clean fun. The object of our = destructiveness was nothing more than a piece of wood, metal, and plastic that resembled = the shape of a piano. Nothing more. Nothing less. Not to make fun of your = opinion, but my only comment to you, and it comes with great admiration for your feelings, is to lighten up. <BR><BR>Just my thoughts <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I just read that = article, Wim. Glad to hear it was a digital. I was thinking that they broke up a = regular piano. Must have missed something. But Roger's a Baldwin dealer, and if = they stiffed him, I wouldn't put it past him to want to be the first with the = big hammer.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    But knowing it was a = digital plays in to a certain Luddite fear that lurks deep down in the brain = stem of all piano technicians that perhaps we could be replaced with machines. Hey! = It happened to the pin-setters at the bowling alleys! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Recommended reading at this = point:  "Player Piano" by Kurt Vonnegut. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>