<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Conrad:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You just don't get it do you!  You can not denigrate anything that has 88 keys.  There are no piano shaped objects (PSOs).  They're all just fine instruments waiting for the master's touch.  You CAN, however, bash TSHs (Tuner shaped humans).  Since 90% of tuners don't know what in the world they are doing and put some perverse temperament on pianos, these people should be exposed, shamed and run out of business.  So in the future, save your harshest comments for the more than 90% who don't know how to set an equal temperament, yet miraculously do a well-temperament backwards.  Not just random small errors, mind you, but a nicely crafted well temperament but backward.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS - Can I borrow one of your heavy duty flame suits?<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: x-small"> <DIV> <HR> <FONT size=3>David M. <FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Porritt</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Meadows School of the Arts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Southern Methodist University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Dallas, TX 75275</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> <HR> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>