This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi folks, Well, I most sincerely hope that it never comes to THIS for any of you = about a hurricane.....but. some years ago, before starting to do piano = work, I was in the Navy and stationed at the armed forced School of = Music near Norfolk, VA. As the Chief Master-at-Arms, part of my job was = keeping and updating existing contingency plans for any and all = disasters.=20 We had a significant number of vertical pianos in the building, = especially in small practice rooms on the first floor, which was barely = ten or tweleve feet above sea level.=20 I suggested that we get sturdy wooden beams and rope to use in hauling = the pianos upstairs in the event of an approraching major hurricane. My = concept was dismissed with the airy remark that it would just as easy to = buy new ones. I was outraged and horrified. Well, looking back on that years later, I realize that those "pianos" = that I was so intent upon saving were mostly little more than "piano = shaped objects" that would best be left to a merciful death by drowning. = I do not mean to make light of the great difficulties and dangers than = come with these storms. But, just maybe, it does provide a new = perspective on the old notion of walking the plank. Robin Blankenship Matoaca, VA P.S., If any of the other members of this list have any experiences at = the old SOM, it would be great to hear your stories. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/c9/f5/5f/c8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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