Has THIS ever happened to you?

[Mike McCoy]

I do this stuff often. Furniture repairs, refinishing, fixed a garage 
door and gas fireplace, electrical work... whatever comes up.

Mike

PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com wrote:
> I replaced a flimsy Baldwin bench bottom (what OTHER kind of bench 
> bottoms exist?) with a solid board from Home Depot, about the 20th 
> time I've done such a job. The lady was very impressed, and brings me 
> her kitchen cabinet drawer which was falling apart because the sides 
> were STAPLED into place instead of screwed into place. She asked me if 
> I could fix it too. I told her that woodwork was not my trade, but I 
> would do it as a favor to her for a service charge.She agreed, and 
> paid me on the spot even before I took it back to my shop. How many 
> times have YOU been asked to do a carpentry or woodworking job? I felt 
> funny doing non-piano work for money, as this compromises my 
> professionalism and pride in my craft -- I feel like a 
> jack-of-all-trades, which is definitely something I DO NOT want to be 
> viewed as.
>  
> Jesse Gitnik  NYC
> In it since 1980
>
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