I'll bet that upright was a Haines Bros. In a previous life, about 20 years ago, I was an executive career consultant--3 piece suits and all that crap that I have happily jettisoned. Anyway I was in conference with a client one day and my secretary buzzed me in a panic because there were two people waiting for me in the lobby. My administrative skills being non-existant, and my memory leaky, I assumed I had screwed up the scheduling big time. When I talked to them, it turned out that one was a day early and the other was a day late! Life is funny. Ha, ha. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri > [Original Message] > From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 06/07/2005 11:41:23 AM > Subject: Re: Tools: Who Needs 'Em > > At 11:37 AM 6/7/2005 -0500, Conrad wrote: > >Does showing up on the wrong day count as leaving something at home? Like > >brain? > > I've done that ... Showed up a day early, the lady said, "Oh, I forgot you > were coming today!" which I hear all too often even when I'm coming at the > right time ... then I got home and found the "Where WERE you??" message. > Luckily the next day's now-empty slot worked for her. > > The worst was when I mistook a name, missed an infirm and elderly customer > here in town, went to an 85-year-old piano teacher nearby instead, with a > similar name. She was surprised but cordial, I thought SHE had forgotten > the appointment because of senility -- but it was my own --- arrrggghh, and > I'm four years older than that now! > > It just took me five minutes to remember both their names. <groan> Pauline > Young and Polly Locke, bless them. One has died, the other moved away, but > probably gone now. Not forgotten ---- _quite_. I do remember Polly's > 1885-ish upright, where the action and the keys had to come out as a unit. > That was really interesting, not to mention heavy and awkward. > > sssssssssnnn > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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