The Life and Times of a piano - A Poem

[paul bruesch]

I like that... very creative!!

On 8/29/07, Rob & Helen Goodale <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu> wrote:
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>  *The Life and Times of a piano*
> *By Rob Goodale, RPT - **Las Vegas, NV*
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> Story & Clark 5' 3" grand #120923, 1927  $900.00 in the window.  We
> deliver!
> Daily practice at least an hour.  Scales, theory book, lessons.
> Mistakes, start over, too fast, wrong note, where is my pencil?
> Recital next week, am I ready?  Getting better now.
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> Years pass, seasonal tunings, pins hold tight.
> Sounds good now, keep practicing.
> Johnny wants to quit, mom says no.  Someday you will thank me, you'll see.
> Give me an hour or no radio show!
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> Johnny goes to war over there.
> Piano is silent, waits for victory.
> Home coming, family, a new generation.  Mom, can we have the piano?
> Rock and Roll, I Love Lucy, Good Golly Miss Molly!
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> All tuned up, cleaning, regulation.  Here's the bill Mam.  Remember, twice
> a year!
> Time for your lesson, this is middle C.  Tap your foot slowly.
> An hour a day!  Good job!  Sit up straight!
> Back when I was your age...
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> Look, all growing up!  Piano is older.  Suzy goes to the prom.
> No time for lessons, college you know.
> Bob Dylan, protest, Give Peace a Chance, we have lift off.  My Fellow
> Americans!
> Strings silent again, pitch goes flat, dust on the soundboard.
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> Disco, Star Wars, time to clean house.  Hey, I'll give you $500 for it.
> Are you kidding?
> Call the tuner, it's only a couple of bad notes.  This bench seems wobbly.
> Hammer shaping, regulation, these pins are a little loose.  What does that
> mean?
> I think I paid too much.  It looks bad, maybe I'll paint it myself.  Good
> lord!
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> Time to practice, your lesson is next week!  Ahhh mom...  Don't argue!
> I'll call the tuner.  What do you mean it needs a "pitch raise"?  I had it
> tuned only four years ago!
> Mrs. Jones, might I suggest a better instrument?  See the cracks?  Hear
> the buzz?
> If he learns to play this one I'll buy him a better one!
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> Goo Goo Dolls, Microsoft, READ MY LIPS!
> Okay, I'll get rid of it.  He prefers football.
> FOR SALE - BEST OFFER
> What a deal.  Honey, look what I bought!  Happy Birthday!  What?
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> Sorry Mr. Miller, the pins are loose.  The strings are rusted and the
> board is cracked.
> The bridges are splitting, the hammers are worn, the legs are loose and
> the bushings are gone.
> The wippens are shot, the action is bad, the dampers need replacement.
> CONGRATULATIONS MR. & MRS. MILLER!  You'll love your new piano.  We'll
> haul off the old one for free.
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> "I'll take one last look" says RPT.  Nope, I think she's a gonner.
> Sad and silent, the keys softly weep.
> Eighty years of history, time to sleep.
> Taking up space, no hope, the patent is terminal.
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> PARTY! - Where's my sledge?
> How about "Monster Truck Night"?
> Maybe a nice piano fire, we'll get a keg.
> Where is my video camera?  I'm thinking *You Tube*!
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> Final chords echo in the face of time.
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