Dunce of the Year

[Jason Kanter]

How did it open? I still don't know; Sheldon Smith took care of it. I wish I
knew what model it was and why I couldn't figure out how to open it. (A big
factor was being scrutinized by the owner while I was trying to look
professional!)

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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: Greg Casper <gcasper@pacbell.net>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 23:39:48 -0800
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: RE: Dunce of the Year
> 
> So Jason...
> 
> How DID it open?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Jason Kanter
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 7:29 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Dunce of the Year
> 
> 
> 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
>> 
>