How to avoid a POS (or Close Encounters of the Turd Kind) was On the9th day of December and all that.

[Lou Novak]

With practice this one works...
How 'bout....10 brass butt flanges broken...
-Lou



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 3:12 PM
Subject: How to avoid a POS (or Close Encounters of the Turd Kind) was On 
the9th day of December and all that.


> Grin... I get your drift... a built in self destruct device for the last
> line.  What is a Lavatree tho ?... in anycase... suggestions along these
> lines are welcomed :)
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>
>
>         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
>
>
>
>      > 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
>      >
>
>