This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Gosh, Rob, at least he had clothes on! My mentor told me a story about = the guys I used to hire to move pianos for me at the university, who got = called to deliver a piano to a nudist's house. I guess Running Bear = insisted on crawling under the piano to help with installation of the = lyre..... All in a day's work, hey? :-) Barbara Richmond, RPT somewhere near Peoria, IL ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rob Goodale=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:12 PM Subject: Tuning "It" This morning I went to one of the most bizarre tuning appointments of = my career. A man called me and said his name was "Endora". Naturally I = assumed this to be a last name. The initial unique thing about this was = that the piano was an early Collard & Collard grand. He claimed it was = built in 1812 I was very reluctant based on his description on the = phone as I really wasn't in the mood to tune a basket case piano. I arrived at the apartment complex where he lived on Paradise road = which is just behind the Las Vegas Strip. There are a lot of = apartments, condos, and time-shares in that area. When he answered the = door I almost fell over. Not because of the piano but because of him... = or should I say "it"! He, (it), was completely dressed in drag. A = floral print dress, dyed blond hair, necklace, painted finger and toe = nails, lipstick, heals, the works! (No, "it" wasn't pretty). I was = speechless for about 15 seconds but finally managed to introduce myself. = In a rough male voice "It" led me to the piano. The place was an = absolute mess. Ironically the piano was in remarkably good condition. = I would guess it was much later, perhaps around 1860-1870. The piano had = obviously been restrung perhaps 75-100 years earlier. It was still = mostly functional. There was a good share of problems which I won't go = into but nevertheless it was tunable. I tuned it (the other "it"), 80 = cents flat as a precaution and it came out reasonable given the = situation. I started writing out the bill but still wasn't certain of = the name. Turns out "It" was Pandora, not Endora. The last name was = Hart, I'm betting a legal last name change! Cute huh? I did get a = $20.00 tip out of it. I'm glad that was all I got! "It" kept = standing behind me and I was expecting some perverted butt pinch at any = moment while I postured myself for a quick rap over "It's" ugly face = with the tuning hammer. Very happy that didn't become necessary! Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/39/c5/86/d6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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