<!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>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".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie L.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>