Meet the "Lookerson's"

[Joel A. Jones]

David,
Our guards at the (Chasen) Art Museum claimed that their fillings
rattled in their teeth when I tuned the top octaves.   Security was 
great
to foil with.   They inventoried the sponge I left over the back leg.  
Instead
  of carrying it in everytime, I stored it there for the occasional key 
cleaning.
With a big smile my favorite guard walked by, and asked if I was
missing anything.

  It took me several months to get on to the reverb from the wood floors,
  and high ceilings.  While they were closed over a Summer they removed 
the carpet
from the walls to create an ECHO,,,,Echo,,,,echo....

At the same museum a lady came and asked me if I would make a recording
of the piano tuning.   She loved the sound of the unisons coming 
together.
Very soothing to her soul, so I asked her to bring me a tape.   She 
did. I did.

Joel
Joel Jones, RPT
Madison, WI
On Feb 10, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Porritt, David wrote:

> I was tuning the piano in our Art Museum auditorium.  Security there 
> is very tight.  One of the docents went to the security desk to report 
> that someone was playing the piano in the auditorium and “they’re not 
> very good!”
>  
> dp
>  
> ____________________
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>  
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
> Behalf Of Joel A. Jones
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 1:56 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: Meet the "Lookerson's"
>  
> Paul,
>  
> Here I thought I was the only one who was told I didn't play so very 
> good.
>  
> Tuning in a hotel lobby I was asked by the manager if I could tune
> with the soft pedal on.
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