'twas the weekend before Christmas

[Dave Smith]

Original poetry?  or just borrow-etry?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@philbondi.com>
To: "Newtonville" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 5:28 PM
Subject: 'twas the weekend before Christmas


> and all through my house
> not a thing was stirring
> except for the computer mouse
> 
> The stockings were hung
> the presents were bought
> The schedule completed
> ..or so I thought
> 
> 6 days before Christmas
> 3 days before Sunday
> yet another phone call
> "Good Afternoon, Phil Bondi"
> 
> "Phil, This is Lucy
> "Hi Sweetheart How Are You?"
> "When Can You Get Here?
> Our Piano Is Over-Due".
> 
> "It has a Broken String
> and the pedal doesn't work"
> "Lucy Lucy Lucy
> That Piano Is A Jerk!"
> 
> "I know honey, but I 
> Need you and how"
> "I'll squeeze you in on Saturday
> It's all I can do for now".
> 
> "Thank You Darling,
> Have a Blessed Day"
> I'll have someone there
> for You on Saturday".
> 
> I arrive at 9:30
> Church empty and bare
> and there's that piano
> just sitting over there
> 
> I've been here before
> and I know what to do
> Fix it and tune it
> and charge them for it, too.
> 
> ..but this time it's different
> this time it's worse
> Is it me or the piano?
> one of us is cursed
> 
> The piano sits in front
> of a Hammond B-3
> With drums and bass
> and speakers of EV
> 
> The Piano's a Kawai(GE-1)
> but that doesn't matter
> 23 and 24 are broken
> and the damper tray is all "clatter"
> 
> I pull out the action
> It's exactly what I thought
> The Damper Tray Lift Blocks
> ..where's those parts I bought..?
> 
> All 3 pins
> have worked their way out
> this is a big problem
> there is no doubt
> 
> The pedal is used
> For Sustain AND for time
> and for time and for time
> and for time and for time
> 
> I re-pin it bigger
> I think that might work
> ..at least for a little while
> I hope I can lurk
> 
> And as for the wire
> I'm ordering more
> more wire in that "key"
> of 23 and 24
> 
> I've reshaped the hammers
> And steam-voiced them down
> and regulated the action
> all for an OK sound
> 
> This piano has been
> an education for me
> a lesson in futility
> a dose of humility
> 
> But I love a challange
> even if it is fatal
> I anticipate the next phone call
> sometime next April.
> 
> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)
> phil@philbondi.com
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