new formula, part two

[Avery Todd]

Hi Ron,

Loved it. I went in yesterday to tune a piano in a room and the bench
was sitting there with a leg pointed inward about 45 degrees. All I had
to do was tighten the nuts. It's too much to ask of course, that someone
tell me about it! :-)

Avery

>  >
>  > And don't forget about repairing piano benches! :-)
>
>
>Avery, you actually repair benches??!!! Most of the educational venues I
>service operate on the "use them up until we run out" theory of bench
>maintenance. I have to scout around to find a (THE?) bench safe enough to sit
>on and drag it with me from tuning to tuning, so they very nearly 
>have run out.
>And every year, I point out that each of the benches that have died since last
>year could have been repaired cheaper than it's going to cost to 
>replace them -
>but since there are plenty of extra, too short plastic chairs to serve as
>"benches", it's not a problem.
>
>Ron N