This is a great story, thanks for sharing! Rob Goodale, RPT Sy Zabrocki wrote: > On this Memorial Day I will again remember my customer Peggy who died on the > very day I tuned her piano. Peggy was a widow lady, about 60, who faithfully > had her old upright tuned every year. > > On this morning Peggy did not greet me at the door. The house was full of > people and I wondered what was going on. At the piano some adults and > children gathered around to watch me. I even gave them a demo on how pianos > are made and tuned. It was then that one of the daughters told me the story. > The relatives had traveled in from far away places because Peggy was > terminially ill with cancer. > > Some of the grandchildren were studying their piano lessons so Peggy > insisted on having the piano tuned even under these circumstances. > > Hospice people came to administer Peggy shots for pain and left. Other > vistors came and went--one was weeping. It was obvious Peggy was gravely > ill. They even invited me to go in and see her but I declined. > > Peggy passed away that afternoon at 5 p.m. This happened in 1996. > > The majority of people neglect their pianos, yet with Peggy it was almost > her dying wish to have the piano tuned. It takes all kinds to make a world.
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