misc

[Ron Torrella]

On Wed, 4 Jan 1995, PHIL SLOFFER, MA067 855-1244 wrote:

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> My first tuning outside this year was another mouse in the piano
> tale.  Dead mice!  Three to be exact.  Nest, droppings, stains
> and rust.  This lady about had a cow when I took her piano apart.
> She was a neat house keeper and the thought of all this filth had
> a rather hydraulic effect on her.  Her husband stepped in and
> removed the crud and I stood and pointed here and there as he
> vacuumed away.  I think I will put some gloves and an  apron in
> the van so next time I can feel a little more secure about taking
> Mickey out of the piano.  I washed me hands a lot on this one.
> =================================================================

Say, Phil, did you happen to notice what Mickey's cause of death was?
Could the tuning have been *that* bad??  Or perhaps the playing...

Ron Torrella                  "Dese are de conditions dat prevail."
School of Music                           --Jimmy Durante
University of Illinois