A tuner that stopped working many years ago used to pin a service sheet onto the inside of the pianos he tuned. This way I can sometimes tell people stuff like; "Well ma´am your piano was last tuned october 5th 1974". They tend to do a mock fainting upon hearing that. Kristinn Leifsson, Reykjavík, Iceland. At 09:50 25.4.2000 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Ron, > >Thanks for starting this thread. I've often wondered about those names I >see written in various places on the piano, and the lives of those who >signed their names so well. (Has anyone else noticed how neat some of those >signatures are?) > >On an old Baldwin grand I rebuilt last year, there was a little spot, on one >of the beams with wording something like "a ma bella femme 1915" or >something similar. If only these old pianos could talk, the stories they'd >tell... > >I've never signed my name in any fashion on a piano, regardless of what I've >done. Somehow, I think that I've felt inadequate to put my name on them. >But I'm thinking that I might start placing a small mark on the pianos that >go through my shop, if for no other reason than for others to know just a >hint of where it's been, even if I'm long gone. Perhaps a signature and a >date, and maybe even an idea of what I did, such as "Soundboard & Pinblock, >2000". > >Brian Trout >Quarryville, PA >btrout@desupernet.net > > >
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