<HTML> In a message dated 10/15/03 7:33:21 AM, michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk writes:<= BR> <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"> Hello all I have just finished reading this book (see<A HREF="http://www.picado= r.com"> www.picador.com</A>) . Set in Burma around the 1870s about the Ang= lo/Burmese wars and the Shan Uprising. Also about an Erard Grand and one Edg= ar Drake, piano tuner extraordinaire. When I got to the end in the acknowled= gements I found: "Two piano tuners helped to train Edgar Drake: David Skolni= k and Ben Treuhaft. Since Edgar Drake is a fictitious character does the sam= e apply to David and Ben? I wonder! Good book, though, and worth readi= ng. Michael G (UK </BLOCKQUOTE> You should try "Piano shop on the Left Bank" in which the piano shop owner i= s a wizard of piano tone judge and the tuner is a hopeless drunk. Another ex= ample of making the art of piano building a mysterious arcane ritual accessi= ble to only a few, as if harry Potter were the only one to build a good pian= o. Glenn C.</HTML>