Appraisal of old Chickering

[DICK BEATON]

Doors unlocked
I had an "out in the boonies" appointment...intricate directions were
received and I followed them to the letter.  When I got in the driveway I
opened the garage entrance door. A Cadilac and a Lincoln were sitting
there, so I presumed the owner was home. I then knocked on the back door
and a large dog was barking, and barking, and BARRRKING!   Well, no answer
to the doorbell, so I tried the door and it was open. The barking got even
louder with scratches, etc. Nobody home!  I saw a phone on the kitchen
counter, so what the heck.  There was an envelope by the phone addressed to
someone other than I was looking for!  I picked up the phone and called the
lady I was supposed to be tuning for...she said Oh, you are at "so & so's,
just come on down the hill. You can see it from there!"  I said OK if I
don't meet someone with a 30-06 on the way.  I locked all the doors as I
left and went and tuned the right piano!  That dog never did quit
barking..l thought sure he would tear that door down, but luckily he
didn't.  Hope they had a key to get in when they got home.
Dick RPT MT

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> From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re:  Re: Appraisal of old Chickering
> Date: Saturday, January 10, 1998 10:44 PM
> 
> At 05:51 PM 1/10/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >At 05:29 PM 1/10/98 EST, you wrote:
> >>
> >>In a message dated 1/10/98 1:00:52 PM, skline@proaxis.com wrote:
> >>
> >><<"Now that a little actual fun has passed (I said _passed_) beneath
the
> >>bridge, does anyone have any real ideas about the value of this
gorgeous
> >>remnant of a more generous age?">>
> >>
> >> Susan My Dear;
> >>  Although I am sure that Newton will be pleased of this description of
him it
> >>might be just a little 'tooooo' much don't you think??? :-)
> >>Jim Bryant (FL)
> >>
> >>
> >Now, now ... tut. 
> >
> >So, you want to change the subject line from:
> >
> >> Re: Appraisal of old Chickering 
> >
> >to:
> >
> >"Re: Appraisal of old Newton"?
> >
> >Does anyone know the minimum age for Japan's Living Treasures? They all
seem
> >as old as the hills. Sorting through all his posts will age Mr. N. Hunt
> >quite enough, IMHO.
> >
> >Yours faithfully,
> >
> >Susan
> >
> 
> Second the motion. Does this mean he will have to attend meetings and
wear
> one of those hats with horns?
> 
>  Ron Nossaman
>