<!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 6.00.2900.2769" 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> <DIV>HI Barbara,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sure is nice to get a break from 4-6 tunings a day and still get well paid!  I bet the piano feels and plays great.  I like the positive feel at the bottom of the keystroke. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/13/2005 12:53:32 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, piano57@insightbb.com writes:</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> <DIV>Hey Dave,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just finished installing Wurzen punchings, regulating (plus doing t= he prep that had never been done) tuning and voicing a 9 year old Steinway B.  Man, I worked as fast as I could and it was still a 3 da= y job (insert Gershwin tune here--nice work if you can get it).  Spille= d my box of punchings again (no, that wasn't part of the three days' work).  The pianist, a university piano professor, was <extremely> pleased (I got a triple digit tip, too!).  Not only= did I replace the soft punchings, but there must have been a shortage of card punchings when this piano's keys first got leveled and the dip set.  There were tons of blue and green paper punchings--another source of the spongy feel, though I must admit, the colors looked pretty.&nbsp= ; I quickly went through my on hand supply of thick card punchings replacing the blues and greens. I had just enough!   This h= as taught me to carry extra bags of card punchings on regulation jobs.</= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BTW, leveling the strings on this piano was a lot easier than the las= t piano I did--maybe I've gotten stronger.  :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I love doing this kind of work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have fun!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://www.dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FO= NT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>