"Bambino Treatment"???? (Better joke)

[gordon stelter]

O.K.: Soooooooooo, inspired by the trade ( and perhaps
a drunken fog ) "The Babe" pushed the piano into the
pond to brew some "Tea for Tooners".  And, apparently,
it has has worked! 80 years later, drawn by the aroma
of adventure, some silly techs are taking a sip!
     Actually, this reminds me of a story in the 70's
when, on a bet, some techs in SF restored (?) a coin
piano that had been at the bottom of the bay for 60
years! ( Perhaps they could be hired as
"consultants?")
      Thump



--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> "Divers searched the bottom of this pond, and found
> evidence of a piano!"
> 
> And that evidence was?
> 
> It would be extremely easy to do an electro-magnetic
> survey of the pond. Very sensitive hand-held
> instruments are  available that can easily identify
> a chain-link fence post, a 55-gallon drum, and
> certainly with great ease, a 350 lb. cast iron
> plate. Although I must admit that I have never found
> a piano plate with this method. You could do the
> pond in a couple hours and be done with it.
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg Livingston" <pianotuner440@hotmail.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Cc: <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:05 AM
> Subject: Re: "Bambino Treatment"????
> 
> 
> > Dear Joe,
> > 
> > As you know, Babe Ruth played for our local
> whipping boys, the 
> > often-maligned Boston Red Sox, until he was sold
> to the Yankees in 1920 for 
> > tons of cash, so their owner could invest in "No
> No Nanette".  It's still 
> > painful to think about here!  Ask any tech from
> New England- thinking about 
> > that trade, you get the same feeling as when you
> have to have a root canal, 
> > or are called to fix an A=420  spinet with 6
> broken hammers.
> > 
> > The story goes that Babe owned a house on a small
> pond in Sudbury, a  suburb 
> > to the west of Boston. He had an old upright in
> the house, and during a 
> > party, somehow rolled it onto a dock leading to
> the pond.  Either the piano 
> > was the ultimate klunker or the Babe was really
> drunk;  anyway,  the piano 
> > landed in the water.
> > 
> > The story was retold over the years, and a group
> of historians (and piano 
> > techs, I guess) have been researching the story. 
> There was an article in 
> > the Boston Globe last summer, and I'd try to find
> a link for you if my 
> > computer skills were any more advanced than
> sending this email.  I'm sure 
> > you could find it on-line.
> > 
> > Divers searched the bottom of this pond, and found
> evidence of a piano!  The 
> > plan is to raise it up, restore it, haul it to
> Fenway Park, and maybe 
> > somehow FINALLY rid our team of "The Curse Of The
> Bambino"  so we can 
> > FINALLY win a World Series here for the first time
> since 1918.
> > 
> > It's almost spring, and we in New England are
> forever hopeful.  Anyway, 
> > that's the story of the Bambino's piano.
> > 
> > Greg Livingston
> > baseball fan, proud Boston chapter PTG member (new
> associate)
> > Wellesley, MASS
> > pianotuner440@hotmail.com
> >
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Always remember September 11, 2001
> >
>
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> > >From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> > >Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > >Subject: "Bambino Treatment"????
> > >Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:46:14 -0800
> > >
> > >Being a Westerner, not familiar with this term.
> <G>
> > >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> > >
> > >Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay!
> [G}
> > >
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