Thumper's Private Gig

[gordon stelter]

Haha! Actually I was called to play this Saturday gig
only the Wednesday before, and the piano's owners were
out of town until Friday night. I was assured the
piano was "just tuned", and fell for it. "Just tuned"
is pretty subjective, of course!
     Normally I demand to see the piano a week in
adavance.
     Thump

--- David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Jeez, in Thumper's situation he book the gig to
> include a piano tuning...
> 
> David I.
> 
> ----- Original message
> ---------------------------------------->
> From: Joe Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Received: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:44:59 -0800
> Subject: Thumper's Private Gig
> 
> Thumper said: "P.S. I played a small private
> reception for a
> celebrity  you'd all recognize last night, in a big
> mansion.......... on a Wurlitzer console. The owner
> came up to me, beaming, "How do you like it ?" I
> rejected the first 10 answers that came to mind, bit
> my lip and politely said "It's OK ". ( I'm not good
> at
> lying ) "When was it tuned ?" " Sometime in the last
> year!" he beamed again.
>      Sheesh!"
> 
> Thumper,
> I've seen the above statement, and finally can't let
> it pass. You have no one but your self, to blame for
> that!! When musicians start specifying "A Tuned
> Piano" in their contracts/negotiations, then we'll
> hear less and less of the out of tune pianos over
> the air waves, etc. (Big PET PEEVE!)<G>
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
> 
> 



		
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