<!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 6.00.2900.2627" 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>In a message dated 5/10/2005 8:04:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, hoffsoco@luther.edu writes:</DIV> <DIV>   <FONT size=3>Conrad</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Unless a guy is doing other forms of service like= action restoration & full service ,services ..at least or an occassional spec piano or sumpin. It's hard to crack that barrier without lo= sing ones hearing /sanity</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></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>Let's see... iffn i do 4 pianos a day five days a week and take two weeks <BR>of= f (including holidays),  that would be 1000 pianos a year @ $200 per tuning.<BR><BR>Not in this neighborhood!!!<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Conrad Hoffsommer<BR>Hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist abecedarian-in-residence<BR>Decorah, IA</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>