A funny thing happened ... off topic

[David Ilvedson]

Kritinn,

Although not nearly as lethal as a soundboard steel, I recommend you check
out Bill Spurlock's soundboard cleaning tools.

spurlocktool@cs.com

David I.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Kristinn Leifsson
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 5:28 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: A funny thing happened ... off topic


Hi Richard,

I didn´t really put a soundboard steel through her larynx.  I was
diplomatic about the whole thing :)

Kristinn

P.S. But I whacked her with my hammer :)





At 09:11 19.8.2000 +0200, you wrote:


>Kristinn Leifsson wrote:
>
> > You know, something very similar happened to me a few days ago.  I was
> > tuning for a jazz gig in a café.  ....snipsnip
>
> >
> > The waitress comes to me and asks me whether I could WAIT WHILE THEY´RE
> > EATING!
>
>Amazing stuff... I think many of us have run into that one at sometime..
Nice
>reply is that you charge by the hour and its double time and a half for
>unappointed delays.. grin.
>
> >
> > Those were her last words!  You can´t speak with a soundboard steel
through
> > your larynx!
>
>Course as ignorant as that all sounds I suppose we all can be pretty
>dumb...er..
>from time to time..
>
> >
> >
> > Die piggy piggy, die die!
> >
> > Kristinn
> >
> > At 19:48 18.8.2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> > >Tuning the grand wasn't hard enough with all the waite staff enroute
> > >by the piano on their setup chores. It wasn't so bad either when they
> > >had to shout above the tuning to carry on their conversation from
across
> > >the room. And when the vacuum started up, fortunately it was mostly on
> > >the other side of the room. But when one waitress with a high pitched
> > >voice started whining about her boyfriend I thought it couldn't get any
> > >worse until she started throwing silverware into the drawer.
> > >
> > >At that point I had to stop and reflect, have a little chuckle; and
then
> > >proceed to work as fast as I could.
> > >
> > >Hazard pay,
> > >
> > >Jon Page
> > >
> > >PS I forgot to mention the waiter who intermittently whistled the note
> I was
> > >attempting to tune.  I would have liked to thrown some of that
silverware
> > >at him.  :-)
> > >
>
>--
>Richard Brekne
>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>Bergen, Norway