unexpected fun, sometimes

[Ron Nossaman]

>Sometimes its the piano, and sometimes its the customer. Some of my most 
>memorable service appointments have been to go to a lower-income home with 
>the little spinet that has not been tuned in 20+ years. Often the owner 
>plays for the church choir or some such. After pitch raising 150 cents and 
>tuning it sounds OK. The lady sits down to play it and either starts 
>crying or laughing or both........."Oh glory! I never knew it could sound 
>like that!" etc., etc.
>
>Those give me a good 24-hour smile!
>
>Terry Farrell


Absolutely. Then you go to the next one, which is a 5 year old grand with 
the second worst killer octave and wildest treble on the planet, and do the 
"why can't you make a fine grand that's this expensive and no older than 
this sound any better?" conversation.

It sort of evens out.

Ron N