[pianotech] Can you fix it?

[Paul McCloud]

Tell them to just burn it, and save the ashes.    That way, they can 
feel "connected" to it.  When they get a new one, they can put the old 
ashes inside.  The "soul" of the old piano will inhabit the new one.
Win-Win!
Paul McCloud
San Diego

On 06/19/2012 3:53 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
> I got a call from a lady saying her son dropped her piano while moving
> it off the porch. The sides are a little damaged, and some notes don't
> play, and there might be a broken string. She's had it since she was a
> child, and has lots sentimental value, so please come and fix it.
> When I got to the house, the piano was sitting outside, under a tarp.
> When I told her husband that the piano was toast, he had the nerve, or
> maybe it was the stupidity, to ask what it is worth. He said, "all the
> keys are still there, and there's a little termite damage, but can't you
> fix it?"
> Did I do the right thing by telling him I couldn't fix it. Anyone want a
> 1950's' Wurlitzer spinet, with all the keys, but a "little case damage"?
> Wim
>