Hi List, Here is one I want to pass on. I went to a good client's house for the 6 month service of a Yamaha grand (one of the imported "built for Japan" pianos). This lady is a very nice person and we have had good talks about pitch and other musical topics. She has also been pretty concerned about the quality of the piano and has me check the fine soundboard cracks each visit to see if they have gotten bigger. She has asked many questions about the service of her piano. So, this visit I was not surprised when she said, "Lately, there is a weird sound when the kids play". I tried to get her to show me which notes and which weird sound. She just asked me to keep it in mind while I tuned the piano. I opened the lid and started strip muting, looked down the plate (around where C5 is tied) and saw a spilled small cup of ice cream, with the fork laying in the spill. I called to her and said that this would not cause a weird sound, but was something that did not belong in the piano. I keep getting tools and then she said something like "I got you" and showed me the fake spill. We had a good laugh and talked about it for awhile. This is a first for me and it really made my day. The whole piano/music is so good for your soul and so sophisticated/uppity notion got poked at. A good laugh. Ken Hale, RPT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PianoDB for MSAccess 2.0 and 95 Manage your Piano Service Business Integrates with MS Office Download InfoPack D C AL CODA http://www.dcalcoda.com/ mailto:kenhale@dcalcoda.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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