[pianotech] Why schedules sometimes go pfffft.

[Nick Gravagne]

Nice story, Larry.

 

I couldn't help reading it with a Humphrey Bogart "voice" in my head. It
reads like an old-time Chandler detective novel. Nice wording and
imagery, and to the point.

 

Nick Gravagne 

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Larry Fisher RPT
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:13 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Why schedules sometimes go pfffft.

 

There are times when the schedule should have taken a beating but
didn't.  I was living in Cheyenne, WY and money was tight.  To make a
living in that area you've got to cover a lot of ground, fix horses, or
guns, survive on Chicken Fried Steak and listen to tapes of Merle
Haggard over and over cuz radio don't reach that far.  I had a 4 tuning
day scheduled 80 miles to the north and the freeway had just reopened
after being closed all night due to a blizzard.  I went anyway.  I
needed the money.  The exit hadn't been plowed yet and the snow was
powdery and so there was one set of tracks to follow.  As luck would
have it a pick up approached from the opposite direction.  Stopping to
let him pass was not an option because I had to keep the momentum going
to make it through 12 inches of fresh snow.  We shared the tire tracks
as we passed, both of us having the same idea in mind, can't slow down,
not going that fast anyway, we can do this.

 

I pushed powder all the way to my first call and arrived somewhat on
time.  She was impressed.  As I was stomping off my boots and making my
way towards her piano, she started asking all kinds of pesky questions
about how many pianos will I be doing and what order, at who's house by
when, etc.  She then explained that her husband was the snow plow driver
for the county and I would be getting an escort all day.  I made it to
all my calls with freshly plowed roads to go on all day long.  It was
quite the sight to see the plow about a half a mile ahead of me as I
pulled out of her driveway.

 

Lar

 

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