This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Actually it sounded more like a customer from hell. Do you feel better = now? Many years ago, when I decided I didn't care to work on that type of = piano any longer (this is the Midwest, folks), I told folks that I was = too short to work on them. I was trying not too sound = snobbish............... =20 I remember the last big old upright I worked on--it had a brass rail = that had never had any problems until I started tuning it. Wow, did I = get lucky. While tuning the first note, the hammer/shank/butt jumped. = The brass butt plate didn't break, the tongue on the rail did. I had = the part, which had to be filed to fit. And when I went to regulate the = note, the regulating screw snapped as soon as I put my tool on it. At = that point, I sort of wished Scotty could have beamed me up. Yep, that = was the last one for me. =20 Barbara Richmond, RPT (& sometime short snob) somewhere near Peoria, IL =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rob Goodale=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 10:54 AM Subject: Piano from Hell I had one of my worst experiences as a piano technician this morning. = I got a call from a guy who told me his piano needed tuning and repair. = I agreed to take the job. Upon arriving I about fell over. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a1/3e/6c/5e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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