Standing Room Only

[Michael Magness]

On Feb 8, 2008 8:40 PM, Mike McCoy <mjmccoy at usa.com> wrote:

> I had to kneel on a hardwood floor to tune a spinet once, same
> reason...no chairs, but it was in a old Church converted to a home,
> seemed appropriate.
>
> Mike
>
>
> David Boyce wrote:
> > Went today to a new client. Recently moved house, wanted piano tuned.
> > Nice 1930s Danemann upright.
> >
> > There was no piano stool, so I asked for a kitchen chair or stool to
> > sit on. They had none! The seat inserts were all away to be
> > re-upholstered and all they had was chair frames with no seats.  The
> > woman was going to lay a framed (with glass) print across one of the
> > chair frames for me to sit on. The neighbours were out, so she
> > couldn't borrow a chair.
> >
> > I ended up tuning the piano standing up, but it wasn't comfortable for
> > me. I'm 6'1" (182.5 cm, bearing in mind recent metric discussions!)
> >
> > Maybe its a good idea to carry a little folding picnic stool in the
> > car in future! How prepared does one have to be? Last week I bought a
> > small but powerful vacuum cleaner half-price in the supermarket for
> > piano work, having recently wasted about half an hour trying to get a
> > customer's vacuum cleaner to work with the nozzle attachment , when I
> > was cleaning out the keybed along with some other work. I
> > congratulated myself on remembering to take it today just in case
> > needed for new customer.  A chair would've been better.
> >
> > Do you ever get the feeling with a customer that they live in a
> > universe slightly out of phase with yours?  Today's was one of those.
> > I dunno, just somehow "we're not communicatin' here".
> >
> > David.
> >
> >
>

Years ago I showed up at Christmas to tune an old upright to find a complete
Christmas village with houses, light poles, people, trees, fences in all
150+ pieces she said, she didn't realize I would have to open it DUHHHH. I
re-scheduled for January.
I was once offered a sewing bench to use it seemed very sturdy but about
halfway through the tuning I ended up in a heap on the floor, nothing broken
on me or the bench, just all of it's hide glue joints had let go. Did I
mention they lived in a very humid valley?
Mike

-- 
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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