<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I certainly wasn't = meaning to compare my situation with Mozart's. Actually, a professor of mine ( long = ago ) said that Mozart died penniless because every time he got his hands on = money, he would waste it. A great musical mind, with absolutely no monetary sense..........</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A> = </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rbrekne@broadpark.no = href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 08, 2001 = 8:31 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The bottom line = versus integrity</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <BR>"Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT = size=-1>    The point is; for what do we work? Some people are in the business = for the bottom line only. That's all they care about;( and I'm not talking = about piano technicians here.) All they care about is how much money = they can get for the least amount of effort.  = (snip)</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>    The price on my = integrity is so high, that I'll probably die and be buried in a paupers grave = like Mozart. The blame belongs to my parents who taught me right from wrong.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>According to Peter Schaffer Mozart died a pauper because he was = a political and social idiot. The fellow rode into Vienna and took the = place by storm... then proceeded to alientate himself from his father, get = completly outmanuvered by a few bumbling buearucrates that didnt like his style, = and destroyed by a third rate court composer who was jeoulous of his = talent and felt cheated by God. <P>But then Petter Schaffer was just a writer... grin <BR>  <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>