Vent time

[Avery Todd]

Hi Clyde,

That's ONE of the advantages of being a university tech. I just refer those
type of jobs to someone who's trying to make a living in the business.
Just like I used to have to do! :-)

Avery

At 06:43 PM 03/03/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Friends,
>
>My second call this morning ruined part of my day.  I went in and did my
>initial quick assessment on a 1980 K & C spinet.  Needs a pitchraise and
>tune, adjust letoff button on one blocking hammer, move several hammers
>hanging up on their neighbors, that should do it.  And I gave her a
>price.  Except....
>
>I found out this is one of those little spinets where you can't reach
>the hammer flange screws well from either above or beneath, but I
>managed by taking out a few keys to get the clearance I needed.  Went to
>adjust the letoff button screw and got a surprise; the thing had no
>threads!  Now that's something I never saw before, and apparently it's
>been that way from new.  Some previous tech tried to get it to stay in
>place with glue.  Did you ever try to put a new letoff screw and button
>in a service-unfriendly spinet with the action in the piano?  I was
>thinking some pretty dark thoughts!
>
>And lastly, a peppy little dachshund enjoyed shattering my nerves with
>its shrill barking from time to time.  She also took the liberty to
>sneak my earplugs in their little plastic box out of my toolbox while
>neither the customer nor I were looking, made herself comfortable on the
>couch, chewed the box open and ate one earplug.  Nice ones they were,
>too, from Pianotek.
>
>Fortunately I don't have many days like this.  I'll have to reschedule
>one piano for lack of time.  One day per year like this is quite enough,
>thank you!  Did I ask her if she wanted me to call about tuning next
>year?  Hardly!  I'm not a glutton for punishment!
>
>Hoping for a better tomorrow,
>Clyde
>
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