Piano Location

[LTpianoman@AOL.COM]

Kent,
Baby boomers know this from Elton John's 1973 album, but I think it goes to 
the wild west days when gunsters would barge into a saloon and start shooting 
up the place for some old-western kind of reason... so since the piano player 
usually had no beef with said gunster, or connection with the clientel (he's 
just providing the background music), they usually hung a sign on the 
piano...hence "Don'y shoot me, I'm only the piano player" That is just my own 
deduction, so I could be way off !!!!

Larry Trischetta, Pocono NE Chapter,
Scranton, PA

In a message dated 3/5/00 11:04:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
remoody@midstatesd.net writes:

> 
>  > Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano tuner,
>  >
>  > Kent Swafford
>  
>  Is this the original quote?   "I have heard, "don't shoot me I am only the
>  __________"
>  
>  Anyhow the quote "I am only the piano tuner" has worked for me countless
>  times.   Now if I only knew where "Don't shoot me "  comes from....    ric