On the 9th day of December

[Alan Barnard]

Rhythm and meter conisdered, how about 

Nine rotten bridles
Eight chewed up dampers
Seven gummy flanges      (I mean, how many sostenutoes do you get in one piano? Seriously.)
Six plastic elbows,
Five broken strings !
Four rusted glides,
Three warped posts,
Two pedals bent,
And a handful of badly stuck keys

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 12/8/2007 11:46:35 PM
Subject: On the 9th day of December


>    On the 9th day of December, a piano came to me...

>       With nine nipped bridles
>       eight eaten dampers
>       Seven sostenutoes
>       Six plastic elbows,
>       Five broken strings !
>       Four rusted glides,
>       Three warped posts,
>       Two pedals bent,
>       And a cracked plate and several stuck keys



>    Cheers
>    RicB



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