Roofers and Piano Tuners

[Farrell]

 " Well, we wanted to get all the noisy things done at the same time."

I have run into this little bit of logic also. Amazing. But there is logic to it. Just doesn't work very well when implemented.

Terry Farrell

  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Smith" <dsmith941@hotmail.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 11:37 PM
Subject: Roofers and Piano Tuners


> Had an interesting experience today.  Arrived at appointment for new
> customer and found no-one home.  Rang doorbell and knocked and knocked
> ....... No answer.    Roofers on the roof -- did not speak English, but I
> think I asked them "Is someone home" , and I think they answered, "no".
> Called the customer's phone number from my cel and got a busy.  Called again
> and again. Busy and busy.   Then rang bell and knocked again.  Finally
> visited a few neighbors to see if anyone recognized the name I had for the
> tuning.  No-one did.  New neighborhood, new neighbors.  Re-visited the
> roofers.  No new information was sucessfully communicated.
> 
> Kept calling.  Finally about 20 minutes later, the customer answered the
> phone, and I told him I thought I was at the wrong house.  He said, "Wait a
> minute, are you in a white Tracker, parked out front? "      I said I was.
> I asked if he had roofers.  He said yes.  I said that I had knocked and
> knocked and rung and rung..   He said that they probably didnt hear because
> of the roofing noise.   I joked that this seemed a great day to have a piano
> tuned, and the customer said, " Well, we wanted to get all the noisy things
> done at the same time."
> 
> It turned out to be a great experience, with nice-to know people and a
> tunable Kohler and Campbell console piano.   The roofers quit shortly after
> I started tuning.  Couldn't stand the noise, I guess.
> 
> I did a pitch LOWER.  and a tuning.  Piano was 30c sharp, having been moved
> from Boston to Florida.  Tuning ended with everyone happy, even the roofers
> who quit early.
> I dont' expect this kind of experience is new to most of you, but I wanted
> to share the fun.  Wow, what a job!
> 
> Dave Smith
> SW FL
> 
> 
> "
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