<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   <FONT size=3>Dianne & all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   By the way, In CA I'm finding  from my= own experience & speaking with other in different regions, that high end pia= no sales are very slow as well. Any one else see this?  Since the fact tha= t  sept. is historically the best month of the year for sales & tunin= gs etc , we'll pray for a good year for all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></DIV> <DIV>   </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2><BR>I only know one teacher in my new home-tuning area (Portland, OR).  She= has <BR>three teachers working for her and 110 children signed up for this fall--up <BR>from 95 last year.<BR><BR>However, tunings at the store are s= low this month so we can catch up on <BR>floor tunings and shop work.<BR><BR>Diane<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Erwins Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Modesto, Ca 95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Reb= uilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales<BR>www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>