<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I tuned a nursing home once where = the room was full of old people, like they usually are. This time there was a = grouchy woman sitting behind me who loudly complained about my playing the whole = time I was tuning. She was swearing at me! She kept saying her nephew could = play a lot better than me. I just agreed with her. ;-)   Of course there were some sweet = ladies there as well who pulled me aside to apologize for their fellow resident = and thank me for playing after tuning.   <div> Dean Dean May        &nbs= p;    cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com   = 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN  = 47802 </div>   -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of pianolady50@peoplepc.com Sent: Saturday, February = 04, 2006 9:13 AM To: Pianotech@ptg.org Subject: re: tuning = environment   <div> I tuned a console piano = that was in the lobby of a nursing home.  It was remarkably quiet.  = Except....one resident was pacing the length of the hallway that intersected the foyer = and each time she passed me would try to sing along with the tuning.  = *Try* being an important word!  I found myself working extemely quickly = while she was "away" and only pretending to tune while she "sang". </div> <div>   </div> <div> And on free food...always = carry a ziplock bag in your tool kit!  I tuned and repaired a nearly beyond = hope piano for a customer just before Thanksgiving.  I was almost = finished when she entered the room with a huge slice of homemade pumpkin pie for = me.  Yep...all natural (oh no).  Made with her homegrown pumpkins and = lots of honey.  Thank goodness she left the room!  It had to be the = worst pie I had ever tasted.  I can manage to eat most anything if need be, = but this was not swallowable.  Slipped that enormous slice into a ziplock = bag and closed up the tool kit with it squished inside!  Ziplock bags - never tune without them! </div> <div>   </div> <div> Debbie L. </div> </div> </body> </html>