Old things in pianos; hymnals

Tom Cole tcole@cruzio.com
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:56:54 -0700


Daniel Jackson wrote:

>         About hymnals.... I've also seen them used as foot rests to reach the pedals for pianos
> on dollies and to raise organ benches for longer legs to play the pedal
> board.

I'll always remember the grand piano whose lyre screw holes had stripped out. The previous
technician, no doubt pressed for time, had remedied the situation by placing the Book of Mormon
under the pedal box (followed, I hope, by a verse of "Christ is Made the Sure Foundation", to
check the pedal operation.)

Tom



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