In a message dated 4/13/99 12:40:31 PM Central Daylight Time, diskladame@provide.net writes: << but one of my favorite clients is a very poor family with what is probably the worst piano in my customer base. They knew from the start that it was the cheapest of the cheap, but it was what they could afford. I've always done what I could for that thing to make it workable for an unusually talented son to practice on without blowing out the family budget. The other day I got a message from the son -- he is "going for broke" and getting a vastly superior piano, perhaps later this month. His question to me was would I continue being his technician? Of course and I'm flattered! Z! Reinhardt RPT >> Thank you for this note. There was a family in one of the distant suburbs here that had two brothers who were very competitive. Although both parents were employed and worked hard, and had their own home and were comfortable, they had no money to buy a good piano. They bought a 2-string unison, drop-key console at St. Vincent de Paul. I got a call one day that said "my boys say that the tuner we had here tuned it a half a note off". Since this was in my early days, I took on the challenge. Both of those boys went on to the university under full music scholarships. Unfortunately, one of them became ill which limited his career but the other went on to Julliard at full scholarship and is now a doctoral student in Minneapolis. He performs often in Madison in solo concert at various venues and has been broadcast live many times. I think this is a good example of the force and principle behind the slogan, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste". How many children might be helped by a technician who took the time to clean, tighten, align and regulate some commonplace console or spinet rather than scoff at such an item as being beneath one's dignity? Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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