<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Sunday Thoughts</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Great story and congratulations on your great big heart.  Being a sucker = with a good heart does pay off sometimes.  I should know <G></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>I have another idea for you.  Lets make HIM better too.  I have been = working with a nutritional supplement that causes your body to spit out = trillions of stem cells per week.  I know they work.  But no one knows just = how well and how extensively they work.  I know they make cancer go = away.  I have seen that several times.  There are studies ongoing that your pianist can get into that will bring him back from = the Parkinson's shakes.  I am including the link for this study.  = It gives the person in the study over $5,000 worth of glyconutrients and it costs = the donor or the patient around $1,800. with extensive monitoring = and testing for six months.  If Bill Gates needed a standard medical = technology stem cell transplant for Parkinson's for himself or a family = member, he could not afford it with all his money. But you and I can with our = body making its own natural stem cells.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Glyconutrients WILL improve his health only his own body = can decide how much.  The FDA will not allow me to tell you the complete truth = on much of this stuff, because of their regulations.  I must tell you Glyconutrients do not cure any disease, but science has determined that = good nutrition has a lot to do with achieving good health.  The body can = repair itself from just about anything including old age.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796453304-13122004>If you want to know more, let me know.</SPAN> <SPAN class=796453304-13122004> I can answer your = questions or find the answers for you.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796453304-13122004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Links:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Introduction to Glyconutrients: </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2><A href="http://www.usa.glycoscience.com/glycoscience/start_frames.wm?FILE= NAME=D001">http://www.usa.glycoscience.com/glycoscience/start_frames.wm= ?FILENAME=D001</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Parkinson's success story:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2><A href="http://www.glycoexpert.com/parkinson_glyconutrition.htm">http://w= ww.glycoexpert.com/parkinson_glyconutrition.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Stemcell Parkinsons study:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2><A href="http://www.stemcellfunction.org/studies/index.html">http://www.st= emcellfunction.org/studies/index.html</A>   click on Parkinsons study</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Another impossibility--recovery from = Alzheimer's</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2><A href="http://www.glycoexpert.com/glyconutrition_alzheimer.htm">http://w= ww.glycoexpert.com/glyconutrition_alzheimer.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796453304-13122004> <P><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>D.L. = Bullock    St. Louis<BR></STRONG></FONT><A = href="http://www.thepianoworld.com/"><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>www.thepianoworld.com</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT = face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT></FONT></P> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Put the worlds greatest = healer to work for WHATEVER health problem you may have----YOUR OWN IMMUNE = SYSTEM.  Your body is capable of <SPAN class=796453304-13122004>repairing itself from</SPAN> EVERY = disease if you give it the right fuel.  <SPAN class=796453304-13122004>Visit</SPAN> </FONT><A href="http://www.glycoscience.org/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.glycoscience.org</FONT></A></DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David Andersen [mailto:bigda@gte.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:45 = PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Sunday Thoughts<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Hey my colleagues------<BR><BR><BR>Just = thought I’d share a little from the last week.  I have a client, Don = Beamsley, who has been a well-known and successful jazz player in SoCal forever; = he’s played with every big band around, from Tommy Dorsey, Horace Heidt, Glenn = Miller, Tex Beneke----the list is endless; he was even the LA Dodger organist for = a while in the 60’s and 70’s.<BR><BR>So—he’s got a sweet Steinway B = that he was given by his mentor, a 1930 instrument. It was maintained throughout its = life by mostly 2 legendary techs---first Cecil Short, the “man” in the = Pomona Valley for many years,a nd then by Norman Neblett, an LA denizen and Golden = Hammer recipient.  I’ve been maintaining the piano for the last 18 years.<BR><BR>Anyway, you know the story---I’ve been nagging this = guy for years to do the work:  the piano’s got all original parts and = strings, and he’s always used the traditional procrastinating musician’s = excuses: “ I just can’t pull the trigger now, DA---I can’t be sure if I’ll = work this strong next year, my wife’s gig stopped this year, I need a new = roof---”whatever. I’m a life-long musician; I’ve used them all.<BR><BR>He is so sweet, and = so funny, and such a monstrously beautiful player, and I’m such a soft touch = in a certain way, that I made it no problem, and just kept bringing the = damn Protek ( the verdigris was out of control on this pig).<BR><BR>To make a = long, long story very short, Don now has Class 3 Parkinson’s Disease, has for 2 = years, has lost 90 pounds, and his prognosis is delicate,  to put it = mildly.  But he still rolls himself up to the piano and plays for an hour = or so every day.<BR><BR>So a month ago I took his wife in the other room and = just said now’s the time, sweetie, for the bullshit to cease and for us = to do something.  So---because her cash flow at this point is = questionable, we opted for the battlefield triage:<BR>--Rebuilt keyframe: key bushing, underfelt, backchecks and wires, clean and polish rail pins and = captstans and glides, raise height and level keys<BR>--repinned shanks, = “smoked-out” whippen flanges<BR>--new knuckles<BR>--rebuilt pedals and pedal = mod<BR>--hammers filed (very difficult and dicey)<BR>--lift, level, seat = strings<BR>--COMPLETE action regulation<BR>--RP and tune<BR><BR>THANKS SO MUCH, MICHAEL CAMPI. =  You did a great job on the keyframe, pedals, knuckles and = shanks.<BR><BR>When I FINALLY got the damn thing playing “right---” and that took almost = 2 full days---<BR>Don rolled up and started playing; we were both crying. =  He loved it; he called me “a friggin’ genius.”<BR><BR>This is what = I work for; this is what I live for; I did the work at about 65% of what I would ordinarily charge;<BR>The money is NOT the payoff.<BR><BR>To bring = love and happiness to music lovers, music players, human beings with sweet = hearts and beautiful intentions:  this is what this work is all about. =  I’m feeling good.<BR><BR>My love and respect to all.....<BR>David Andersen = </SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>