<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> Taxes is right. I = make calls but at this time of year I seem = to get a lot of "call me later" responses. The biggest problem with this business, IMHO, is = that most people--even musicians = (especially church pianists) and music teachers--cannot tell and/or do not care when the piano is out of tune! I swear, if everyone = were as fussy as I am about it, we'd be doing monthly tunings. I can't stand the sound of whiny-wah-wah unisons = or throbbing octaves. Even before I got = in the tuning biz I KNOW this bothered = more than it bothers roughly 95.46372 percent of my customers. And I don't EVEN want to revive the thread on the = "once every 19 years" crowd. They = should be barred by the SPCPPT* from even having pianos or any other musical pets. Alan R. Barnard, Salem, MO *Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Pianos = and Piano Tuners</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left>Alan R. Barnard</DIV> <DIV align=left>Salem, MO</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Jeannie Grassi = [mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, April 10, = 2004 12:04 PM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: RE: there's NO = business like NO business </DIV> <DIV>Tom,</DIV> <DIV>It seems like = every year about this time someone has asked this same question.  My = experience through the years is that taxes and Spring vacations slow down the calls.  As soon as people get over the shock of taxes, or get = some refunds, the phone will start ringing again.  Don't despair...it = will get better.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>jeannie</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>  Jeannie Grassi, RPT Associate Editor, Piano = Technicians Journal <A href="mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net">mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net</A> -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Tvak@aol.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 6:44 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: there's NO = business like NO business <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">List Anybody else out there experiencing = an   e x t r e m e l y    s    l   o    w    Feb/March/now into April? It's really been disheartening. Tom = Sivak Chicago </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.627 / Virus Database: 402 - Release Date: 3/16/2004