Years ago, when I was a dealer slave in Minneapolis, I was told that the door would be unlocked and to just go on in and tune the piano. The house was on Lake Minnetonka and the house numbers were a bit skewed on the dead end road, in the far corner of the lake. The home owner didn't realize that there was a house a few doors before his that had the exact same house number. That twist may have been because the winters there tend to eat that which is weak (rotten house numbers get inverted or fall off posts and such) or because in fact there was a duplicate house number there, I never found out. All I know is I walked into a house that wasn't empty, there was a coat draped across the sofa, and someone was upstairs and there wasn't a piano in sight. OOOOOOPPPPPSSSie I vaporized myself quickly back to my CJ and drove across the frozen lake to put as much ground/ice between me and that house as fast as that whimpy little 6 banger would go through 6 inches of snow to the farthest boat ramp I could find. I now have a policy with people for those who can't be home. Do I know them? Have I done their piano before? Was I referred to them by someone else that I'm in good standing with?? Is there a dealer association involved?? If after all these questions are answered favorably, I have them put a piece of tape on the door knob. The homeowner and I are the only ones that know what that's for. The key placement is their perogative .......... their risk. Lar Larry Fisher RPT specialist in players, retrofits, and other complicated stuff phone 360-256-2999 or email larryf@pacifier.com http://www.pacifier.com/~larryf/ (revised 10/96) Beau Dahnker pianos work best under water
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