<WBR>Speaking of communion wavers, I got a call from a church to replace the bass strings on their grand piano. A full tray of communion wine cups was put on the piano lid, for the pianist to take one, and someone accidentally tipped over the tray, spilling all the cups of wine onto the bass strings, into the action and on the dampers. The action survived, albeit with wine stains on the hammers, but the strings had become dead and buzzing. <br>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
Honolulu, HI<br>
Author of <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
www.pianotuning.com</div>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_2_7bf01d53-e57c-4259-b8e0-a84cfffcfd70>Can't come close to matching that... but I've found a communion wafer (actually, the church pianist called and asked me to retrieve it because it "really should not be there") and, in said church pianist's brother's supper club S&S "B" (for Beater?), a cigarette butt.<br>
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Paul Bruesch<br>
Stillwater, MN<br>
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<div class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 4:54 PM, <<A href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</A>> wrote:<br>
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<div><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now that you mention it, I too have found a used condom in a piano (school of music practice room). A pair of underpants as well.<br>
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Alan Eder<br>
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