A dead bird. This was in a very fancy house, upper crust, old money. The grand piano was in the formal living room rarely used for any occasion. I was called to not only tune the piano, but also take care of some sticking keys. The bird was stuck betwen the bass and treble hammers, which, of course, prevented those keys from playing. When I showed the owner of the house the bird, which obviously smelled like an old dead carcass, the lady let out a big groan. She explained that for several year that room had a bad odor to it. They had the room repainted, the floors redone, the heating vents cleaned over and over, replaced the fancy curtains, etc. They must have spent a fortune. But for $60, (my tuning fee at the time), the problem was solved. WIm -----Original Message----- From: David Lawson <dlawson at davidlawsonspianos.com.au> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Dec 16, 2010 12:36 pm Subject: [pianotech] Item found inside pianos Yesterday I pulled the stack out of an old Playotone player ready for tuning and discovered a single diamond resting on the keyboard. The lady of the house came into the room and I asked her to hold out her hand. I then placed the gem into her hand, and the tears began to fall. She had lost the diamond out of her engagement ring two years before, and had no idea where it had gone. One happy customer I can tell you. On another occasion I discovered a sapphire ring inside a grand which had been lost by 'Gran' who thought it had gone out with the garbage. Has anyone else found interesting items when tuning? David Lawson OZ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101216/39ba36b7/attachment.htm>
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