Original poetry? or just borrow-etry? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@philbondi.com> To: "Newtonville" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 5:28 PM Subject: 'twas the weekend before Christmas > and all through my house > not a thing was stirring > except for the computer mouse > > The stockings were hung > the presents were bought > The schedule completed > ..or so I thought > > 6 days before Christmas > 3 days before Sunday > yet another phone call > "Good Afternoon, Phil Bondi" > > "Phil, This is Lucy > "Hi Sweetheart How Are You?" > "When Can You Get Here? > Our Piano Is Over-Due". > > "It has a Broken String > and the pedal doesn't work" > "Lucy Lucy Lucy > That Piano Is A Jerk!" > > "I know honey, but I > Need you and how" > "I'll squeeze you in on Saturday > It's all I can do for now". > > "Thank You Darling, > Have a Blessed Day" > I'll have someone there > for You on Saturday". > > I arrive at 9:30 > Church empty and bare > and there's that piano > just sitting over there > > I've been here before > and I know what to do > Fix it and tune it > and charge them for it, too. > > ..but this time it's different > this time it's worse > Is it me or the piano? > one of us is cursed > > The piano sits in front > of a Hammond B-3 > With drums and bass > and speakers of EV > > The Piano's a Kawai(GE-1) > but that doesn't matter > 23 and 24 are broken > and the damper tray is all "clatter" > > I pull out the action > It's exactly what I thought > The Damper Tray Lift Blocks > ..where's those parts I bought..? > > All 3 pins > have worked their way out > this is a big problem > there is no doubt > > The pedal is used > For Sustain AND for time > and for time and for time > and for time and for time > > I re-pin it bigger > I think that might work > ..at least for a little while > I hope I can lurk > > And as for the wire > I'm ordering more > more wire in that "key" > of 23 and 24 > > I've reshaped the hammers > And steam-voiced them down > and regulated the action > all for an OK sound > > This piano has been > an education for me > a lesson in futility > a dose of humility > > But I love a challange > even if it is fatal > I anticipate the next phone call > sometime next April. > > -Phil Bondi (Fl.) > phil@philbondi.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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