<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everyone.  I had my first = little accident as a piano technician yesterday.  I'm fairly new to the business = and this is my first mishap so I'm feeling a little guilty about it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is what happened.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After tuning a 3-year old Yamaha U3 = upright, I was placing the front board back in place when it slipped out of my hands = and crashed into and on top of the piano.  It caused some = minor rubbing on the finish but thank goodness it was only on the surface and it buffed = out just fine.  The owner was standing nearby when all this happened so it = was quite emabarrasing.  I thought everything was ok but the owner called me = the next day saying the very left note (A0) was not playing.  She flipped = open the top lid and peered in and saw that the A0 hammer was missing, just a = broken hammer shank left.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course, I'll be taking care of this = little problem at no charge but I feel like such an idiot over the whole thing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think it would be very theraputic to = hear a few stories of similar mishaps when you more experienced folk were just = starting out.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How about it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corte = Swearingen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>