Oh, that's where I left it...

[gordon stelter]

I had a lady with a 1924 Fischer Ampico, that she got
as a wedding present in 1937. When I picked it up for
restoration she said "I dropped my engagement ring in
there the day of my wedding. If you find it, please
return it."
    We did. Both.  Rock the size of a garbanzo bean.
    No tip.
    And she threatened to sue me for all I was worth
because the piano looked "too good" when it was done!
    Last customer from N.J. I ever accepted.
    Thump

--- Tompiano@aol.com wrote: 
> Early on in my career I went to house for a normal
> service call. The order 
> was to tune the piano (which hadn't been tune in 20
> some yrs) plus take care of 
> a sticky key.
> To my astonishment the sticky key was attributed to
> the most beautiful 
> diamond ring which had lodged itself against the
> wippen. When I summoned the lady of 
> the house to tell her what I had found, she screamed
> so loud (which at the 
> time), seemed 10x louder than truck brakes squealing
> in a city traffic snarl. My 
> ears rang for a week!
> Turns out this gal had been the dog house for those
> 20 yrs. because on her 
> wedding night she lost the ring. The same ring which
> had been passed down from 
> generation to generation on her husband's side of
> the family.  Apparently she 
> had taken off to admire it and got distracted and,
> bingo, it was gone.
> Oh yes, the tip was generous afterwards.
> Tom Servinsky, RPT
> 


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