tuners who play

[Jim]

Once when I finished tuning a piano in a home, since the owner was
not in sight, to get her attention and signal that it was time to
bring out the checkbook, I began playing the Chopin C major Etude.
By the time I got down to about bar 24, she came in with
checkbook and said:  "Oh, do you play?".  I lied and said "no Mam".

I figured if that wasn't playing, I wasn't sure just what she had
in mind.  Some kinds of playing can get to be very expensive.

Another time a customer came in while I was playing and said:  "I'll
give you just 2 hours to stop that."  I didn't have 2 hrs to
spare, but we both had a good laugh about that.

Jim Coleman, Sr.