<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> It's when they talk about the knockers that I have to smile. <br> <br> Once I was in a church discussing my piano accompaniment duties with a woman, a voice teacher and life-long Christian. With a straight face she said that when her students came up to sing, they should stand in the crotch of the piano.<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> William Benjamin wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid200609201657.k8KGvJYS021149@ptg.org"> <meta http-equiv="Context-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <div> <p> <span>We also wonder about people who talk about plastic hammers, when they are probably referring to elbows. </span> </p> <p> <span>   </span> </p> <p> <span>   </span> </p> <p> <span>   </span> </p> <div> <p> <span>PIANO BOUTIQUE</span> <span> </span> </p> <p> <span>William Benjamin</span> <span> </span> </p> <p> <span>Piano Tuner Extraordinaire</span> <span> </span> </p> <p> <span><a href="http://www.pianoboutique.biz">www.pianoboutique.biz</a></span> <span> </span> </p> <p> <span>The tuner alone,</span> <span> </span> </p> <p> <span>preserves the tone.</span> <span> </span> </p> <p> <span> </span> </p> </div> <div> <div> <span> </span> </div> <p><b> <span>From:</span> </b> <span> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b><span>On Behalf Of </span></b>Farrell<br> <b><span>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:34 AM<br> <b><span>To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br> <b><span>Subject:</span></b> Re: Say what?</span> </p> </div> <p> <span>   </span> </p> <div> <p> <span>And we question why folks don't know that a loud TV makes it difficult to tune a piano?</span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>  </span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>Terry Farrell</span> </p> </div> <blockquote> <div> <p> <span>----- Original Message ----- </span> </p> </div> <div> <p><b> <span>From:</span> </b> <span> <a href="mailto:pianowerks.inc@comcast.net" title="pianowerks.inc@comcast.net">pianowerks.inc@comcast.net</a> </span> </p> </div> <div> <p><b> <span>To:</span> </b> <span> <a href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net" title="joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</a> ; <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</a> </span> </p> </div> <div> <p><b> <span>Sent:</span> </b> <span> Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:06 AM </span> </p> </div> <div> <p><b> <span>Subject:</span> </b> <span> Say what? </span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>   </span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>Overheard in a piano store:  yeah, we had our piano tuned a few years ago...there was something about the tuner...he was either blind or deaf....(to wife) honey, was our tuner deaf or blind? </span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>  </span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>I swear this really happened.  </span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>  </span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>  </span> </p> </div> <div> <p> <span>  </span> </p> </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>