<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Many years ago we were at a party and met an elderly man who had been a piano tuner in the outback in Australia.  He would travel between jobs on horseback and would stay overnight with his clients who would feed him and his horse dinner and send him off to his next job the following morning after breakfast.  He had wonderful tales to tell and we invited him to one of our PTG meetings to tell his tales.</P> <P>Diane<BR><BR></P><BR><BR><BR>Diane Hofstetter </DIV>245-M Mount Hermon Rd.#343 <DIV></DIV>Scotts Valley, CA 95066 <DIV></DIV>ph 831-438-6222 <DIV></DIV>fax 831-430-9741 <DIV></DIV>dianepianotuner@hotmail.com <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: Newton Hunt <NHUNT@OPTONLINE.NET> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org <DIV></DIV>>To: pianotech@ptg.org <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: It's a Small (Piano) World - Fun Stuff <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 13:11:52 -0400 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>I used to tune for Franz Rupp, accompanist for Fritz Chrysler. He had an old <DIV></DIV>>beat up S&S M or O but he would regale me with tales of the traveling <DIV></DIV>>accompanist even flying in a Zeppelin. Some of those elder folks had wonderful <DIV></DIV>>adventures. He also had interesting tales of piano qualities he encountered on <DIV></DIV>>his travels. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> Newton <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>