On the 19th day of December

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hey I'm impressed. But then I'm easily impressed <GG>
Nice rhyme and meter
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 3:45 PM
Subject: On the 19th day of December


> T minus 6 and counting --
> 
> On the 19th day of December a piano came to me
> 
>    With nineteen shanks a-squiggling
>    Eighteen keys a-knocking
>    Seventeen barren backchecks
>    Sixteen pins a-pommelled
>    Fifteen butts a-bounding
>    Fourteen wobbly whippens
>    Thirteen coins a-clinking,
>    Twelve tubby bass strings,
>    Eleven  jacks a-jumping,
>    Ten grungy grommets,
>    Nine brittle bridles,
>    Eight damaged dampers,
>    Seven fractured flanges,
>    Six errant elbows,
>    Five broken strings !
>    Four coats of paint,
>    Three warped posts,
>    Two pedals bent,
>    From a Parson who wants it fixed free !
> 
> Cheers
> RicB