Piano moved in another room - bushings tight!

[Avery]

And don't forget the air-conditioning!!!!!!!! :-D

Avery

At 03:50 PM 6/27/2006, you wrote:
> >> And the conditions of the workplace!  No hot exhausts, no rust chips in
>my eyes, no 50K volt jolts from electronic ignitions, no grease that never
>comes completely out of your hands no matter how you scrub, no beat-up,
>bruised and scabbed hands, and no ice water dripping down your neck and back
>while you work underneath in the winter time.  No bench-pressing a greasy
>transmission into position.  <<
>
>You left out the gasoline running down your arms into the armpits.
>
>Dean
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of John Dorr
>Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 4:10 PM
>To: piano tech list
>Subject: Re: Piano moved in another room - bushings tight!
>
>Hello list,
>
>This is the resolution of my post about the key bushings becoming tight on a
>
>piano after it had been moved to another room and then moved back.  I
>rebushed
>6 of them and the piano plays well again.
>
>Suggestions concerning humidity in the other room turned out to be right on
>the money.  I asked the owner about that.  In fact, it wasn't moved to
>another
>"room" but rather to the porch OUTSIDE of the bedroom, and covered with a
>tarp!  Just at that point in time the weather here turned VERY rainy.  So
>that
>must've been a real steam bath underneath the tarp there, with the tarp
>holding IN condensation!
>
>While servicing this piano it occured to me again what a great business this
>
>is!  When I contemplated entering this field some 5 or 6 years ago, an RPT
>buddy of mine in Denver, Randy Karasik, told me that I'd love it.  And I do.
>
>  He knew me when I was an automobile mechanic, and said that the customers
>are
>SO DIFFERENT from what I was used to there.  As an auto mechanic, I was
>often
>distrusted until people got to know me.  And even then, people don't WANT to
>
>give you money to work on their cars, they HAVE to, and they kind of resent
>the expense.  Contrast that to piano owners who often LOOK FORWARD to having
>
>their pianos improved!
>
>And gosh'a'mighty, I never had automotive customers bring me soda and
>cookies
>while I worked, like the lady did just now!  And it didn't stop there,
>either.
>  She remembered from when I gave her daughter piano lessons that sometimes
>I'd
>challenge the student to see who could play a particular piece better at the
>
>next week's lesson.  (I'm a better teacher than a player.)  And we'd bet a
>candy bar on the outcome.  So they remember I like York peppermint patties
>and
>they just gave me a bag to go!  And that was IN ADDITION to putting a $10
>tip
>on the check.
>
>And the conditions of the workplace!  No hot exhausts, no rust chips in my
>eyes, no 50K volt jolts from electronic ignitions, no grease that never
>comes
>completely out of your hands no matter how you scrub, no beat-up, bruised
>and
>scabbed hands, and no ice water dripping down your neck and back while you
>work underneath in the winter time.  No bench-pressing a greasy transmission
>
>into position.  And basically, just a WHOLE LOT LESS cussin' and fussin'.
>  Ahhh.  Did I mention I love this business?  I hope we never take it for
>granted what a wonderful and sometimes even lucrative trade we enjoy!
>
>Thanks for letting me vent that.  I was about to burst.
>
>Hope everybody made it back safe from the convention.  I'll be there next
>year.
>
>John Dorr
>Helena, MT