Leslie Bartlett wrote: > > Just to be devil's adequate (some might wonder which of the words to > accent), the organist at the church where I serve grew up playing a > Lester Spinet. She went on to do graduate work at Eastman. A former > organist grew up something worst than a Lester and also did fabulous > work. If a person wants music badly enough, they'll create it in their > heads while making horrible sounds on totally inadequate POS's. At college, the little darlin's get the opportunity to make horrible sounds on perfectly GOOD instruments. I'm currently working on decomposing a "composition" major's "work"". I went in to tune a Baldwin SF10 in a large rehearsal space and found that it had been turned into $xx,xxx percussion accessory. A few days ago, I'd swung through there and seen the music rack on the floor. I put it back in the piano with a note to please keep it in the piano when not practicing with it out. Today, the rack was back on the floor, the note was gone, a trap set, cowbells and brake drum were in front of keyboard, and IN the piano sitting on bass dampers and strings was a 4 qt stainless steel mixing bowl. In addition, lying across the tenor section was a set of orchestral wind chimes. Piano is now tuned, closed and covered, bowl and chimes are on the floor and I was thaaaat close to slapping on a locking clamp with a padlock for which only I have the key... After working for a long time on bass dampers in an SD6 in the next room just yesterday, I am officially PO'd and on warpath... a time to break out my meds. (a.k.a.Jelly Bellies) -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 Remember that, while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS!
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