Xmas tunings

[Newton Hunt]

Well, it wasn't Xmas but I found the Encyclopedia Britannica taking up
the whole lid of a spinet.  I got an irate call that evening
complaining about it's removal to which I responded, "THe top of a
piano is the same as the hood of a car.  They both have to be opened
to service them."  Long pause.  Then, "The extra weight will destroy
the tuning for which you paid me."  Pause.  Click.

		Newton