The Piano Exploded

[PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com]

I worked in a prestigious piano restoration center in New York a few years  
ago. A very wealthy man, who owned houses throughout the world, sent us his  
Steinway grand -- a monstrous piano which I believe was from the  1870's --  
that he'd won at an auction. The piano's plate was cracked, and  we gave him the 
estimate of several thousand dollars to manufacture a matching  plate. He 
refused, and could not be convinced otherwise. So we had the next best  thing done 
- -repair the crack. After we totally restored the instrument and I  gave it 
the final tuning, I sat down to play, and it sounded good. A few minutes  
later while chatting with some co-workers, we hear a bit of an  explosion come 
from the piano. The moral of the story: THERE'S A TIME AND  PLACE TO TRY TO SAVE 
$$$, AND A TIME AND PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE $$$.  I hope the 
customer learned the lesson well.
 
Jesse Gitnik    NYC
Tech. since 1980
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