Fw: a question of class

[Michael Gamble]

Hello Ed Foote
When I had just started out tuning & repairing I was asked to replace a set
of castors on a village hall upright piano. The old ones were marking the
new floor. I made the necessary measurements and got the new castors. Being
alone and considering the difficulty I was faced with I laid the piano down
on its keyboard - back upwards. Removed the old castors and replaced them
with the new super-efficient smooth-running rubber-tyred (oops! tired) heavy
duty castors and prepared for the big single-handed heave-ho! to the upright
position. BUT! I hadn't given thought to the smooth-running efficiency and
as soon as I took the strain to right the piano it started to roll away from
me. I couldn't let it drop because it would either damage the floor, the
piano or me...! Soon I found myself running with this heavy burden only to
be brought to a sudden halt by the stage-front at the other end of the hall.
A natural chock! Why hadn't I thought of that?
Michael G (UK) in a village hall in the Sussex Downs
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Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:41 AM
Subject: a question of class


> Greetings all,
>
>   I have a request.  I have suggested a class for the convention titled
> "Career Stability".  It is aimed at the basic level and will be 90 minutes
of
> feckless meandering around the topic of what a beginning tech might
profitably keep
> in mind while making early career decisions.
>   One part of the program will be "I wish I had known then....".
>     I would like to collect some of the , er.., collective wisdom here on
the
> list for this.  What I would like to hear from any and all that have been
in
> the business long enough to collect a list of mistakes and oversights, are
> those things that, looking back, would have been very useful to have known
when
> first starting out.
>   If you want to post to the list, that is fine, but private emails are
just
> as useful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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