<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=281193904-27072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Ouch. There's a dip in some tuner's annual income.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281193904-27072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281193904-27072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>I presume he has expensive, classy pianos. What a waste. I could offer up = a couple out of my customers' "pianos" for him to destroy and it would be mercy = killing, justifiable pianocide.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281193904-27072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281193904-27072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Symbolism over substance, in this case, would be a good thing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281193904-27072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281193904-27072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>How about donating them pianers to charity? I'd recommend he give them to = the A. Barnard Early Retirement Trust Fund (trust me, it's a worth cause).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>Carman Gentile<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 26, 2003 10:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> That French Pianist<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><B>  Here is a story from the BBC:<BR><BR>Pianist 'goes out with a bang'<BR></B> <TABLE border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=203>Duchable is reportedly going to destroy two pianos</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>French classical pianist = Francois-René Duchable is to end his career in style by destroying two pianos and = burning his recital suit in his final three concerts, it has been reported<BR><BR></B>  The details are at this BBC web = page:<BR><BR><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3044844.stm" eudora="autourl">http</A><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3044844.stm" = eudora="autourl">://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3044844.stm<BR><B= R></A>Carman Gentile RPT<BR>Eureka, CA <BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Incoming mail is certified Virus = Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.495 / = Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 6/30/2003<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>---<BR> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR> Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 6/30/2003<BR> </FONT> </P>