That's what I've been looking for ever since I started with pianos - a diamond ring under the keys. Did you ever see her afterwards? Had the marriage attained a new level? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tompiano@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 7:34 AM Subject: Re: Oh, that's where I left it... > Early on in my career I went to house for a normal service call. The order > was to tune the piano (which hadn't been tune in 20 some yrs) plus take care of > a sticky key. > To my astonishment the sticky key was attributed to the most beautiful > diamond ring which had lodged itself against the wippen. When I summoned the lady of > the house to tell her what I had found, she screamed so loud (which at the > time), seemed 10x louder than truck brakes squealing in a city traffic snarl. My > ears rang for a week! > Turns out this gal had been the dog house for those 20 yrs. because on her > wedding night she lost the ring. The same ring which had been passed down from > generation to generation on her husband's side of the family. Apparently she > had taken off to admire it and got distracted and, bingo, it was gone. > Oh yes, the tip was generous afterwards. > Tom Servinsky, RPT >
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