The piano that betrayed Goldfinger

[Avery]

STUPIDITY!!!!!!

Avery Todd

At 12:01 PM 4/28/2006, you wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>I went to tune an old Cable grand today at a little country church.  The
>pastor had told me over the phone the day before that a ballpoint pen had
>recently fallen down into the action, and asked if I could remove it while I
>was there.
>
>When I pulled out the action, I was surprised to see that it had been
>covered in paint -- GOLD paint.  Someone had obviously re-whatevered the
>action at some point, and decided to put a finishing touch on the job by
>spray-painting the entire action, keys and all (except for the hammers,
>which appeared to be original, and the new keytops).  I wonder what would
>possess anyone to do such a thing?
>
>Paul Mulik