This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim, you've been working for the College Crowd way too long,,,,,, = It's starting to rub off on you, methinks. Kevin E. Ramsey ramsey@extremezone.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@AOL.COM=20 To: caut@ptg.org ; Pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: It was all my fault As per my report of a couple of weeks ago, I need to admit that the = vandalism to the Concert Hall Steinway was all my fault. After reviewing = the facts, and speculating on what happened, there is only one = conclusion. It was my lack of foresight that I forced someone one to = destroy the piano.=20 As far as we can piece the course of events together, this is what = happened. High school students, fresh from a party celebrating = graduation, jimmied some locks on the building doors, and entered the = building in the early morning hours, (about 2 AM), looking for something = to do. On the second floor they found a fire extinguisher, and, wanting = to impress our faculty that they had artistic talent, used it to paint = the upstairs boys bath room. They then somehow unlocked a drum practice = room, and wanting to find out how loud an amplifier could go, turned it = on, full volume. In order to let everyone in the building know how that = sounds, they found the main electrical panel, and turned off the power = to the 2nd floor. When our maintenance people arrived at 5;30, and = turned on the power, they heard the effects.=20 Before they left, these talented students found their way onto the = stage of the concert hall, where, to their delight, found a piano, with = it's lid up. Had I known these talented students wanted to play, I would = have left the action in the piano. But since I had to do some work on, I = removed it. Well, these poor kids. When they couldn't play the piano, = they did the next best thing. Using the tuning hammer I left on the = piano, they wanted to see what hitting a string with the tool would = sound like. What they discovered was that hitting a string with a tuning = hammer, breaks the string, creating a wonderful sound, like a gun shot. = Of course, these talented musicians couldn't just hear one gun shot, = they wanted to hear more. So they proceeded to hit the strings 12 more = times. But some of them must not have had good aim, because they missed = the strings, and hit about 10 dampers instead, and 2 tuning pins, = braking two of them. Still not feeling satisfied, the broke the upstop = ra! il in 4. And I guess since they had painted the bathroom, they = decided to use the empty cavity as a urinal. To add insult to injury, = they took my tuning lever. These kids wouldn't have created all this = damage if I had only left the action in the piano. That is why I take = full responsibility. It was all my fault.=20 The only good that came from this, is that the school is getting a = brand new D, and one of the piano faculty is getting the repaired = concert grand.=20 Wim=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d5/82/f0/43/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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