[CAUT] they stayed :o

[Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)]

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My least favorite early-career related story is about a client who let me in
and then left to go to the grocery. Unfortunately she had left her macaw (a
very large parrot-like bird) out of the cage. The macaw landed atop a chair
on the other side of the room and watched me get my tools out. I thought,
well this is OK as long as he (she) stayed over there so I began to tune the
large old Steinway upright. The only problem was that every time I hit a
note, the macaw let out a (very) loud screech. It would sit there looking at
me remaining perfectly quiet until I played a note and then, "Bwraaaawk!".
The tuning wasn't the best but I wasn't going to mess with this bird - they
crack Brazil nuts in their beaks for breakfast!  

 

Eric Wolfley, RPT

Supervising Piano Technician

College-Conservatory of Music

University of Cincinnati

 

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Don
Mannino
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 3:46 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: [CAUT] they stayed :o

 

My favorite related story is about a client who always enjoyed staying in
the room for the tuning.  

 

He would settle into his easy chair across the room and chat while I got
ready to tune, then as I started tuning he would doze off, sleeping through
the tuning!  I am not exactly light with my test blows, but I remember
wondering if I should back off a little.

 

After this happened at 3 or 4 appointments I finally asked him whether the
loud tuning doesn't bother him.  He said, well, yes I play the notes pretty
loud, but very consistent.  There was something soothing to him about the
sound.  I told him it's OK with me, I just wondered.

 

Maybe his mother had the piano tuned a lot while she was pregnant with him,
who knows!

 

Don Mannino RPT


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