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<DIV><FONT size=2>But did they catch the kids?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Tom Servinsky,RPT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" =
title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org"
title=caut@ptg.org>caut@ptg.org</A> ; <A =
href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org"
title=Pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 06, 2002 =
3:15
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> It was all my =
fault</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>As per my =
report of a
couple of weeks ago, I need to admit that the vandalism to the Concert =
Hall
Steinway was all my fault. After reviewing the facts, and speculating =
on what
happened, there is only one conclusion. It was my lack of foresight =
that I
forced someone one to destroy the piano. <BR><BR>As far as we can =
piece the
course of events together, this is what happened. High school =
students, fresh
from a party celebrating graduation, jimmied some locks on the =
building doors,
and entered the building in the early morning hours, (about 2 AM), =
looking for
something to do. On the second floor they found a fire extinguisher, =
and,
wanting to impress our faculty that they had artistic talent, used it =
to paint
the upstairs boys bath room. They then somehow unlocked a drum =
practice room,
and wanting to find out how loud an amplifier could go, turned it on, =
full
volume. In order to let everyone in the building know how that sounds, =
they
found the main electrical panel, and turned off the power to the 2nd =
floor.
When our maintenance people arrived at 5;30, and turned on the power, =
they
heard the effects. <BR><BR>Before they left, these talented students =
found
their way onto the stage of the concert hall, where, to their delight, =
found a
piano, with it's lid up. Had I known these talented students wanted to =
play, I
would have left the action in the piano. But since I had to do some =
work on, I
removed it. Well, these poor kids. When they couldn't play the piano, =
they did
the next best thing. Using the tuning hammer I left on the piano, they =
wanted
to see what hitting a string with the tool would sound like. What they =
discovered was that hitting a string with a tuning hammer, breaks the =
string,
creating a wonderful sound, like a gun shot. Of course, these talented =
musicians couldn't just hear one gun shot, they wanted to hear more. =
So they
proceeded to hit the strings 12 more times. But some of them must not =
have had
good aim, because they missed the strings, and hit about 10 dampers =
instead,
and 2 tuning pins, braking two of them. Still not feeling satisfied, =
the broke
the upstop ra! il in 4. And I guess since they had painted the =
bathroom, they
decided to use the empty cavity as a urinal. To add insult to injury, =
they
took my tuning lever. These kids wouldn't have created all this damage =
if I
had only left the action in the piano. That is why I take full =
responsibility.
It was all my fault. <BR><BR>The only good that came from this, is =
that the
school is getting a brand new D, and one of the piano faculty is =
getting the
repaired concert grand. <BR><BR>Wim =
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