Be Careful Out There

[Daniel Lindholm]

Horrible story. Good thing you didnt hurt yourself too seriously.

Admit it! You never thought you would thank god that you are still alive
when you retire from working as a pianotuner, did you? :)

/Daniel Lindholm Stockholm/Sweden

> I was tuning for a piano concerto with our orchestra. The pit had been
> raised for the piano. The artist bench wasn't there at the time, so I just
> grabbed a chair from the violin section. As I got up to the highest octave
> or so, I moved the chair closer around the end of the piano to maintain
> tuning lever position to clear the case.
>
> You already know what's coming, I'm sure. :-) Well, I forgot that the
chair
> had flared out legs on the rear and I was very close to the edge of the
> stage anyway, so......... over I went, down on the floor on my back with
> the chair with me.
>
> As I'm sure you know, one's reflex is to grab whatever might be near to
> stop the fall, so of course, I grabbed at the piano. The treble leg came
> over the edge of the stage and came to rest on top of the railing for the
> orchestra pit!