<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Brian & List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I didn't do it in the wee small hours, but I TUNED = MY PIANO FIRST in the year 2000 (Y2K).</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Ken Gerler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Gerler Piano & Organ Service</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>12425 Parkwood Lane</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Black Jack, MO  63033-4662</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:KENNETH.GERLER@prodigy.net">KENNETH.GERLER@prodigy.net</A>= </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz" title=bholden@wave.co.nz>Brian = Holden</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:woodchester@forte.airtime.co.uk" title=woodchester@forte.airtime.co.uk>Woodchester Pianos</A> ; <A href="mailto:smytht@xtra.co.nz" title=smytht@xtra.co.nz>Ted = Smyth</A> ; <A href="mailto:sue@welcombebple.freeserve.co.uk" title=sue@welcombebple.freeserve.co.uk>Sue and John Martin</A> ; <A href="mailto:mousetrap@primus.com.au" = title=mousetrap@primus.com.au>Selwyn Wright</A> ; <A href="mailto:fastprin@wave.co.nz" title=fastprin@wave.co.nz>Rolf Carstens</A> ; <A href="mailto:rex_carswell@hotmail.com" = title=rex_carswell@hotmail.com>Rex Carswell</A> ; <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech Forum</A> ; <A href="mailto:pbholden@hotmail.com" = title=pbholden@hotmail.com>Patrick Holden</A> ; <A href="mailto:mhancox@ihug.co.nz" title=mhancox@ihug.co.nz>Murray Hancox</A> ; <A href="mailto:graham@LIFE-TIME.co.nz" = title=graham@LIFE-TIME.co.nz>McHaffie Graham</A> ; <A href="mailto:toliman@wave.co.nz" title=toliman@wave.co.nz>Malcom McDonald</A> ; <A href="mailto:Kiwicastle@AOL.COM" title=Kiwicastle@AOL.COM>Lesley = Holden</A> ; <A href="mailto:kasawyer@xtra.co.nz" = title=kasawyer@xtra.co.nz>Kerry Sawyer</A> ; <A href="mailto:positron@xtra.co.nz" title=positron@xtra.co.nz>Ken Blackman</A> ; <A href="mailto:johnchanwong@xtra.co.nz" = title=johnchanwong@xtra.co.nz>John Chan Wong</A> ; <A href="mailto:bearcats@xtra.co.nz" title=bearcats@xtra.co.nz>George Merriman</A> ; <A href="mailto:d.purdie@clear.net.nz" = title=d.purdie@clear.net.nz>Dell Purdie</A> ; <A href="mailto:holdland@xtra.co.nz" title=holdland@xtra.co.nz>Bill Holden</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 31, 1999 = 6:29 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> FIRST TUNING FOR = 2000!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Ahem.  In the wee small hours = of this morning I tuned my piano.  Why? Because I'm crazy, that's = why.  As New Zealand is one of the first to see the sunrise, I figure that this = is the first tuning in world for the new century.  See attachment.  = Brian Holden, Rotorua, New Zealand </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>