Sheesh, guys, would this have been any better? "The difficulties of properly positioning a piano in a house may not be news you wish to hear, but, hey, don't shoot me, I'm not even important enough to be Elton the piano _player_, _I'm_ only Elton the piano tuning _messenger_. Kent Elton Swafford (son of Clarence Elton Swafford and father of Keith Elton Swafford) LTpianoman@aol.com wrote: >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 >
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