home alone

[James Grebe]

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> From: Kenneth W. Burton <kwburton@freenet.calgary.ab.ca>
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: Re: home alone
> Date: Sunday, March 30, 1997 6:03 AM
>
>
Sometimes you can't win.  I usually get into trouble when the 2 people are
married and they don't share last names.  Whoever I ask for it seems I get
the wrong last name first and it evidently really ticks the off.
James greb from St. louis
pianoman@inlink.com>

	List,
>
> 	I thought you might enjoy a humorous(?) story about an experience
> I had because of my ignorance:
>
> 	While doing piano work in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where I lived
> from 1972 - 1979, I regularly tu ned a nice grand piano for a teacher and
> performer there, a very elegant and beautiful lady about my own age.
> 	When I arrived one morning at the appointed time and rang the
> doorbell, there was no answer. Anxious not to lose two hours as Saturday
> was my only day to work, I tried the door. It opened and I cautiously
> entered the house. I knew her well enough to know that she wouldn't mind
> if I went in and started the piano while she presumably had coffee with
> some neighbors.
> 	As I entered, I called repeatedly, "Hello!" "Hello!" Finally an
> answer came from the bathroom, "I'm taking a bath. Just go ahead. You
know
> where the piano is."
> 	I had just nicely got started, when the phone rang. The voice from
> the bathroom called, "Would you get that?"
> 	I lifted the receiver and said, "Hello?" There was a momentary
> pause, then a male voice inquired, "Is Candace there?" "Yes," I
stuttered,
> "but she can't come to the phone."
> 	The voice deepened about an octave. "This is her husband. Why
> can't she come to the phone?" The words were tinged with suspicion. I
> hurriedly explained that I was the piano tuner and that I was working on
> the piano and that Candace had gone into the bathroom to take a bath.
> 	He grunted and hung up. But I don't think he believed me because I
> was never called back to tune that piano again!
>
> 	Happy Easter!
>
> 			"HE IS RISEN!"
>
> 	Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta
>