Dunce of the Year

[Jason Kanter]

Early in my tuning career, I was sent by Sheldon Smith (to whom I was
apprenticed) to tune a new Steinway console. My tuning was reaonably
passable and I entered the house with confidence. It was a very upscale
house in San Francisco, with expensive crystal, rugs, and other
appointments; the owner was an elegant, well-dressed lady who watched me as
I set up to tune. I had never seen this shiny, black, new model before...
and I could not figure out how to open the case! There were no levers or
latches that I could find. I pulled the front of the case to see if it would
just pull apart; it was solid. I tried gently to pull it harder; no budge;
and she was watching me more closely. I was sweating. Sheldon was not
reachable. I had to admit "Ma'am, I have never encountered this type of case
before and frankly I do not know how to open it." It's about thirty years
later and I'm still embarrassed about it.

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jason kanter * piano tuning * piano teaching
bellevue, wa * 425 562 4127 * cell 425 831 1561
orcas island * 360 376 2799
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> From: Nichols <nicho@lascruces.com>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 19:28:54 -0800
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Dunce of the Year
> 
> At 06:15 PM 3/10/02 -0600, you wrote:
>>> Darned Nossaman been spying on my shop again!! :-)
>>> Jim Bryant (FL)
>> Just goes to show you, Jim. We all share a common brain cell.
>> 
>> Who's turn is it this week?
>> 
>> 
>> Ron N
> 
> 
> 
> It WASN'T my turn, the week I missed the agraffe with the replacement bass
> wire. The customer pointed it out before I brought it up to pitch. Good
> thing that the father of virtual reality (Jaron Lanier) had such a good
> sense of humor. Getting the nice new coil through the agraffe was great
> fun. His dad, Zepel, still lives here.
> Just one of many "Der, Duh, and D'oh!"
> 
> 
> Guy
>