How to avoid a POS (or Close Encounters of the Turd Kind) was On the 9th day of December and all that.

[alan forsyth]

Okay you guys, this is turning out to be one dismal piano. In fact it's 
enough to drive you to suicide. So I propose that instead of the last usual 
line being "a partridge in a pear tree", we should have " a cartridge in a 
lavatree" ( but not the customer's of course!). And as for all that lost 
motion.......well......you know what to do about that.

AF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Barnard" <pianotuner at embarqmail.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 6:41 AM
Subject: RE: On the 9th day of December


> 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
>