It was all my fault

[Avery Todd]

For only ONE year? I've been where I am for almost 10 years! :-)

Avery

At 07:25 PM 06/06/02 -0700, you wrote:
>     Wim, you've been working for the College Crowd way too long,,,,,, 
> It's starting to rub off on you, methinks.
>
>
>Kevin E. Ramsey
><mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com>ramsey@extremezone.com
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM
>>To: <mailto:caut@ptg.org>caut@ptg.org ; 
>><mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech@ptg.org
>>Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 12:15 PM
>>Subject: It was all my fault
>>
>>As per my report of a couple of weeks ago, I need to admit that the 
>>vandalism to the Concert Hall Steinway was all my fault. After reviewing 
>>the facts, and speculating on what happened, there is only one 
>>conclusion. It was my lack of foresight that I forced someone one to 
>>destroy the piano.
>>
>>As far as we can piece the course of events together, this is what 
>>happened. High school students, fresh from a party celebrating 
>>graduation, jimmied some locks on the building doors, and entered the 
>>building in the early morning hours, (about 2 AM), looking for something 
>>to do. On the second floor they found a fire extinguisher, and, wanting 
>>to impress our faculty that they had artistic talent, used it to paint 
>>the upstairs boys bath room. They then somehow unlocked a drum practice 
>>room, and wanting to find out how loud an amplifier could go, turned it 
>>on, full volume. In order to let everyone in the building know how that 
>>sounds, they found the main electrical panel, and turned off the power to 
>>the 2nd floor. When our maintenance people arrived at 5;30, and turned on 
>>the power, they heard the effects.
>>
>>Before they left, these talented students found their way onto the stage 
>>of the concert hall, where, to their delight, found a piano, with it's 
>>lid up. Had I known these talented students wanted to play, I would have 
>>left the action in the piano. But since I had to do some work on, I 
>>removed it. Well, these poor kids. When they couldn't play the piano, 
>>they did the next best thing. Using the tuning hammer I left on the 
>>piano, they wanted to see what hitting a string with the tool would sound 
>>like. What they discovered was that hitting a string with a tuning 
>>hammer, breaks the string, creating a wonderful sound, like a gun shot. 
>>Of course, these talented musicians couldn't just hear one gun shot, they 
>>wanted to hear more. So they proceeded to hit the strings 12 more times. 
>>But some of them must not have had good aim, because they missed the 
>>strings, and hit about 10 dampers instead, and 2 tuning pins, braking two 
>>of them. Still not feeling satisfied, the broke the upstop ra! il in 4. 
>>And I guess since they had painted the bathroom, they decided to use the 
>>empty cavity as a urinal. To add insult to injury, they took my tuning 
>>lever. These kids wouldn't have created all this damage if I had only 
>>left the action in the piano. That is why I take full responsibility. It 
>>was all my fault.
>>
>>The only good that came from this, is that the school is getting a brand 
>>new D, and one of the piano faculty is getting the repaired concert grand.
>>
>>Wim