[pianotech] puzzler

[Porritt, David]

Hey, that was just the first thing that came to mind.  

dp


David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Avery
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:39 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] puzzler

LOL. Love it, David. Hey, you're getting feisty since you retired!

On Apr 28, 2010, at 12:25 PM, "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>  
wrote:

> Plugged it in?
>
> dp
>
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
> On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:23 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] puzzler
>
>
> The piano is a late Aeolian "Duo/Art" player. They wanted it
> tuned before they moved out of state the end of next month.
> And, incidentally, the player doesn't work.
>
> The first puzzle is easy. They want it tuned because the
> player doesn't work, not so much that it's been four years
> since the last one, and in spite of the upcoming move. I
> expect it crossed their minds that they might not find someone
> after the move with low enough standards to condescend to get
> the player working, assuming they had some idea how.
>
> The second puzzle was why the player didn't work. After I got
> there, she explained that they could pump rolls through, but
> pushing the little button didn't make the electric work, so
> it's broken.
>
> So I fixed it.
>
> How.
> Ron N