Kmac: First of all, thanks for your words of support. Yes, the intention of my earlier post here was not to start a war of words, but to 'get clarification' from Uncle Dave. Though I admit (and proudly so too) that I have a thing for detail (could it be part of my asian upbringing?!), I was pretty shocked to hear UD say: "You take things too literally, and you quote too much, and you research too much, and you just plain FUSS too much. You need to stop reacting like we're all addressing YOU personally. (and please - NO more about your precious Steinway "B" !!!)". I decided to 'shrug it off' as Uncle Dave just having 'another bad day' again, because this 'didn't sound' like the same guy that I had had telephone & email conversations with in the past. I remembered 'those' conversations to be nothing but cordial & friendly.

As forum members, we come from a wide diversity of personalities, backgrounds and cultures around the world. I think this (in addition to our shared passion for music thru arranger keyboards of course) is what makes this forum so special. Btw: Kmac what Country do you live in?

Anyway, I don't think there was really ever a war between Uncle Dave and myself. Competition? Perhaps. Afterall, I guess that's part of the American spirit. I have a lot of respect for Uncle Dave's background & experience, but acknowledge that we may just have a different 'style' (east coast/west coast?). In the end though, I think we actually 'agree' most of the time. I'd really like to move forward now in a spirit of friendship. - Scott