<HTML>In a message dated 5/8/01 7:50:03 PM !!!First Boot!!!, pianotechnicianuk@yahoo.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Going back to the original question - could it be possible that tunings were down because some of the customers were not happy at having the piano tuned at breakneck speed with one eye on the clock and the hectic schedule and found another tuner who spent more time taking care of their pianos? Bob. </BLOCKQUOTE> This might imply I am not spending enough to time to do a good job. I have had comments like "Are you done already?", and "Boy, that didn't take long." This might make it sound like I am going too fast, and that a customer wants to have someone who spend more time in the house. On the other hand, I have had comments like, "I'm glad that didn't take long, now I can get on with what I have to do." So it si not always the time it takes me to tune a piano. But why would there be any difference between now, and last month when I was tuning 25 - 30 pianos a week, and between this year and last year, and for the past 24 years. There have always been slow times. I just wondered if I was the only one, or if there are others. By the responses I have seen, it seems to be a nation wide trend. Willem </HTML>