<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Phil. I'm not game for debate, but rather just asking you to expand = your thoughts on this subject. I realize that I would likely be in a better = high-end rebuilding market if I were in New York City, rather than Tampa, but I = sometimes wonder just what is the deal. Your thoughts please. Thanks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tito@PhilBondi.com href="mailto:tito@PhilBondi.com">Phil = Bondi</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, December 15, = 2001 3:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bridging the = cap</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>The market that I'm in has not reached the 'restoration' = phase yet...yes, I feel strongly that your locale has alot to do with with = type of work..and I'll debate that point with anyone willing to do it with me.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>sorry..didn't mean to get off-topic there..it's just that = 5 years ago, I was told that there's very little restoration work going on in = this area..and in the 5 years that I've been doing this, it has only gotten = marginally better..but as long as it continues to improve, hopefully I = am preparing my business for it. For every 5 proposals I write, there's 1 = willing to do some of the work..like I said, we're not there = yet.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Phil</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>