Trying to be conscious

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Fri Dec 7 04:34:17 MST 2007


Michael Magness wrote:

> Our Chapter holds a Piano Burn every 2 or 3 years at one of our members 
> rural home/shop/property in mid-winter, February usually. We pile up a 
> dozen or so PSO's and light 'em up then while we watch them burn we 
> drink warm drinks and tell piano technician war stories! Most times 
> there's plenty of snow on the ground, the temp is in the single digits 
> with a wind chill somewhere below zero but hey we're 
> midwesterners(Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa)so it's just another day in the 
> life!
> Mike
> -- 

Mike,

You forgot to mention that all lead had been removed from all the keys. 
If you fill up old chainsaw oil cans with the lead, they make great 
trunk weights for winter traction.

BTW, see you tomorrow!

-- 
Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076


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