By all means, Ted, bother us with any story you feel like telling. If you want help transcribing or collecting them, I'd be glad to volunteer. Susan On 1/26/2011 4:09 PM, Gerald Groot wrote: > I agree!! Tell it! We all need someone else to laugh at... I told mine... > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim > Busby > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:08 PM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: [CAUT] Sambell's Memoir's (was Neckties R us) > > Ted, > > Truly, about any story you could tell would be worth hearing! When I've been > in your convention classes a couple of times, you've been teaching and > started telling a story but then you stopped, saying that you were "getting > off track" possibly thinking that we wouldn't like to hear your story, but > many of us were at the edge of our seats waiting for such stories! Your > "memoir's" are priceless. I don't think anyone else in the world has the > wealth of anecdotes that you have to share of "our" world. > > While many "on line" may only want to know the best way to do this or that, > etc. every now and then a good story about actual human beings keeps me > connected to why I became a piano technician; It's less about the piano and > more about the human experience. Please don't hesitate to share. > > Most respectfully yours, > Jim Busby > > > > ________________________________________ > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Edward > Sambell [esambell at yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:40 PM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Neckties R us > > Thanks Avery; it's nice to hear from you. I have my own story too, don't we > all, but it takes so long to tell I will not bother anyone with it. I came > as close to complete disaster as could ever be imagined, but it all came > right. I was tuning for a duo piano concert and knew the pianists well. They > never knew of the near calamity until I met them many years later and told > them. > > Ted Sambell > > _= > > >
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