Tuning for Correctional Institute

[Robin Stevens]

 I remember tuning a piano in a Institution for the mentally unbalanced.
Halfway through the tuning with my bag open a sweet looking teenage female
in her dressing gown approached me and said...DO I LOOK LIKE A KILLER TO
YOU?
No need to say, I VERY quickly closed my bag!!

Another time while tuning in a jail with the guard sitting along side of me
I opened up the bottom to check the pedals only find a small arsenal of
sharpened objects and blow gun darts.

One day I'll write a book.

Robin



 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Leslie Bartlett
Date: 07/17/06 05:51:26
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Tuning for Correctional Institute
 
I tuned and worked on a piano at a local prison.  They asked if I had
anything in my case which could be used as a weapon..........  "Weapon?", I
said. "I have enough stuff in here to start a war."    The guard said, "Ok",
and I was let in............   I was accompanied by a guard, but this
minimum security place let prisoners around me with all my tools etc.....  
Then I have tuned twice at the max. security nut house.  No problems there
either, except I was locked in the room with the piano.  That took a lot of
focus....................  :-)
les bartlett




From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Jim
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 12:00 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Tuning for Correctional Institute


I'm sure the authorities will scrutinize your equipment . . .better leave
the C4 at home !
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michelle Smith 
To: 'Pianotech List' 
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 12:38 PM
Subject: Tuning for Correctional Institute


I’m scheduled to tune a piano for a federal correctional institute.  (The
Chaplin attends my church.)  Are there any restrictions on what tools I can
bring onto the premises?  Any red flags my friend hasn’t thought about?
 
Thanks!
 
Michelle Smith
 


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