On the 23rd day of December

[David Ilvedson]

It's a busy shop...;-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Larry Trischetta" <ltpianoman at comcast.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 12/23/2007 1:10:29 PM
Subject: RE: On the 23rd day of December


>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