<!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 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm probably in that category, but I try to be = the best I can be.  You can <BR>only make that Whitney the best IT can = be.  Just don't try to compare it <BR>with anything else, and try to leave it = better than you found it.<BR><BR><BR>Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I tuned two pianos for a music school last year, = one quality and the other a worn out dead sounding look alike. Some weeks = later they complained how terrible the old one sounded. I went back and they = explained it sounded terrible right after I tuned it while the other was great. In an = attempt to keep a client happy and perhaps a flow of tuning leads, I agreed to = re-tune the piano. It was more of a minor tweek. The teacher came over and = pounded out a triad in octove 1, and remarked it sounds terrible. I agreed and = suggested it was not out of tune rather worn out dead bass strings. Her comment was = simply it never sounded that bad when the other guy tuned it. I gave up...turns = out in the past year they only sent two leads anyway so I guess I will survive. No = matter what I said the client insisted I did something wrong to her piano. If = that had been</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>one of my first tunings I might have doubted = myself, but it wasn't</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Richard, London ON = Canada</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>