First Nightmare Tuning

[Brian Holden]

Yes Tom,  I've never heard of that one before!  What is quite common though,
is the little nails in the stool sticking out - the ones used to secure the
fabric cover.  These can catch on you trousers and...............
Brian Holden

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Robinson <tomnjan@bellsouth.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Thursday, 13 January 2000 12:58
Subject: First Nightmare Tuning


>Last week I was contacted to tune a Courier spinet for a local
>supermarket chain owner.  Surprisingly, it was only 120 cents low, and
>covered with decorative items :-).  Thinking this tuning might give a
>boost to my fledgling career, I took extra care in readying the piano.
>Everything progressed well until my back grew tired and I sat on the
>bench.  To my horror, my pants stuck to the bench!  After extracating
>myself I discovered the finish had turned soft.  All turned out well in
>the end (:-)) as they were very happy with the tuning and were in fact
>embarrassed by what happened.  I think I shall inspect benches very
>carefully from now on.
>
>Tom Robinson
>East Tennessee
>