[pianotech] priorities

[Paul T Williams]

I went to a few Microsoft yuppies in the early 90's.  Very nice house, a 
cool living room with huge TV's, stereos, and leather couch.  Then, 
nothing else in the house, but a pretty nice 6' grand or better, usually 
Kawai in where the dining room should be.  Strange, isn't it.  I still 
have way too much stuff and only room for a decent Yamaha U-1 in my living 
room!  If I sold some stuff, I could fit a nice Steinway L there.  Go 
figgur. But then again, here at school, I can play the best Steinway D's 
in the state whenever I want! :>)  Right now in the shop is an L I just 
finished rebuilding and love to play it. I will miss it next Monday when 
it goes to the new bass professor's studio :>(

Paul




From:
Michael Magness <ifixpiano at gmail.com>
To:
pianotech at ptg.org
Date:
07/20/2010 02:45 PM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] priorities





On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:05 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote:
Yesterday I tuned a 50 year old Wurltizer spinet and a 75 year old Winter 
grand, both is the same home. Both needed a lot of work, but what's so 
unique about these two pianos, is that they sit next to each other in the 
living room,  and they are the only pieces of furniture in the whole 
place. It's a rather small apartment of a Chinese family who have only 
been in Hawaii a few months, but there is no other stick of furniture in 
the whole place. There is no TV, no desk, no chairs, no tables, 
nothing. I was able to glance in the two bedrooms to see only mattresses 
on the floor. I learned from the teenage son, who was the interpreter for 
the family, that he, his dad and his younger sister, all play the piano. 
They left a Kawai studio back in China. 

While I was working on the pianos, the teenager stood at the kitchen 
counter reading a book, the younger sister sat on the floor watching a 
Disney movie on a lap top, and the father and mother tried to keep a 5 
year old boy out of my tool kit. I don't know why they are here, other 
than the teen eager said he's here to go to school. 
 
I guess for some families, having two pianos is more important than a 
dining room table, a couch, much less a big screen TV. 
 
Wim 


I have been in a few homes that are similar, not to the extreme you 
describe but one comes to mind.
I have a music prof at the local State University who has a Harpisichord, 
pump organ, violin of some quality, Stereo & large sound system & a 
Chickering upright, No other furniture save a couple of benches & kitchen 
chairs.
 
Mike

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Michael Magness
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