On the 23rd day of December

[Larry Trischetta]

Just a thought about that first line... still trying to get the closest
rhyme to "Partridge"; how about this modification; "From a Parsonage that
wants it fixed free"... (a parsonage being a rector, church house, etc.)
 Also, if a piano came to you for 25 days, don't you have 25 pianos?
(Sorry, I don't want to open Pandora's box!) 
Merry Christmas to all and thanks for the fun!
Larry Trischetta



Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Richard Brekne
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:04 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: On the 23rd day of December

T minus 2 and counting --

On the 23rd day of December a piano came to me

   With twenty three bushings binding
   Twenty two hoppled hammers
   Twenty one crusty keypins
   Twenty beckets buckling
   Nineteen shanks a-squiggling
   Eighteen keys a-knocking
   Seventeen barren back checks
   Sixteen pins a-pommeled
   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