Repetition

[Richard Moody]

Les, 
	You wrote, 
	"We played a second game for the cue.
 For years thereafter, I drove around with it in the back seat of my
car--"

	I am wondering, did you ever use that cue? 

Ric Cueless



	
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> From: Les Smith <lessmith@buffnet.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re:  Re: Repetition
> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 10:15 AM
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> True story. Long ago, when I was much younger and much wiser, I once re-
> paired, regulated and tuned a grand for a customer who fancied himself a
> pool-hustler. When I finished the piano, I shot him a game of pool on
his
> own table for my bill--double or nothing. He was a good player. He had a
> keen eye, a smooth stroke, steady nerves and a good understanding of the
> game, except for the part that said to never play for money with someone
> who just happens to be carrying his own chalk in a tiny, hand-tooled   
> leather container in his pocket. Live and learn. The customer also had a
> beautiful, brass-jointed, mother-of-pearl-inlaid, two-piece Willie Hoppe
> cue, complete with a silk-wrapped, rosewood butt, an ivory-ferruled
maple
> shaft, and its own carrying case. We played a second game for the cue.
> For years thereafter, I drove around with it in the back seat of my
car--
> ready, just in case I ran into a colleague who--like me-- had majored in
> English and played for cash! Those were the days...  
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> Les Smith
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