My Headache, Your Quiz

[Alan]

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Thanks for responding. I actually did not like Peoria or Richwoods very
much, as a teen. Most of the Richwood kids were awfully clickish, a few
downright snobby. It was so big, it was easy to feel unkown (and to most
people and teachers, you were!). On the other hand, I went from there to
U of I Urbana and being in a 28,000 student school didn't seem much
different, whereas other people--from small towns, etc.--were often
overwhelmed. My wife always thought we should open a motel in Pekin and
call it the "Pekin Inn." Caterpillar EVER finish their huge building in
Morton?
 
Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Richmond [mailto:piano57@flash.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:37 PM
To: Alan
Subject: Re: My Headache, Your Quiz


Richwoods, hey?  I'm afraid, the preferred schools are now those in the
Dunlap School District, if you can believe that.  It's basically a case
of the white flight out of District 150.  Sad.  
 
The Peoria Symphony has gotten a terrific new conductor and the concerts
have been *outstanding*.  We have season tickets--last row of the second
balcony--but who cares?  What a wonderful thing it is to go to a
professional concert so close to home (and not have to go to Chicago!).
 
We moved to Peoria and rented a place there in June of 2001 after 5 1/2
years in Texas (before that Bloomington/Normal for 21 years).  My
husband is the director of the Alpha Park District Library in
Bartonville.  We found a nice house a mile from the library two years
ago.  I don't know why, but for some reason I have a problem typing
B..B...B...Bartonville...... :-)
 
Barbara Richmond
(Bloomington High School, 1975)
Peoria Chapter PTG
 
 
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From: HYPERLINK "mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net"Alan 
To: HYPERLINK "mailto:piano57@flash.net"'Barbara Richmond' 
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:50 AM
Subject: RE: My Headache, Your Quiz

This is posted privately. Whereabouts are you somewhere near PeeOrEea?
I'm a graduate of Richwoods HS (1965 ...)
 
Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Richmond [mailto:piano57@flash.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:35 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: My Headache, Your Quiz


This reminds me of the time I was called to tune a grand piano.  While
scheduling the appointment the customer expressed shock and horror at my
fee, but went ahead anyway.  When I got there, I still heard about the
shock and horror, how wonderful Mr. What's his name was (he tuned it
every year), and I sensed general distrust and suspicion of me.  
 
Ugh.  I was there, I was going to work.  I tuned away, when I got up to
the upper treble section I heard a strange clinking noise.  I removed
the fall board and inside there was a set of car keys sitting on the
piano keys.  I summoned the owner and asked if she was missing some keys
and pointed to where they were.  Her eyes about popped out of her head
and told the story of getting a new car--TWENTY YEARS AGO--when her
daughter was a toddler.  The little girl was playing with the keys and
suddenly, nobody could find them.  They looked everywhere, including
taking apart the duct work in the house.  Never to be found, they had to
go to the trouble of getting new keys.  Well, as a parent, that would be
memorable.
 
Then she asked me how I found them.  "I heard them while I was tuning."
So, either Mr. What's his name didn't hear them, or he didn't bother to
investigate.  Gee, they were only in there for twenty years.  Well, I
was no longer treated with suspicion--I have no idea if Mr. What's his
name was still held in high regard.  :-)
 
 
Barbara Richmond, RPT
somewhere near Peoria, IL
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: HYPERLINK "mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net"Alan 
To: HYPERLINK "mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"Pianotech 
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:19 AM
Subject: RE: My Headache, Your Quiz

 
 


 True story: I once missplaced my needlenose pliers. Gave up on finding
them and bought a new pair. Six months later, I sat down to tune a
Hamilton console for one of my rural church clients. I generally run up
all the notes, first, to see how the tuning has held, spot any way-off
strings, and make sure the keys play okay. In doing this I noticed that
several keys in the bass seemed "heavy" and rattly, though the client
had never complained.  Opened the lid and .... well, you guessed it.  
 
Alan R. Barnard 
It's 12:30 a.m. 
Just back from my PTG chapter meeting -- which was two hours away from
Salem, MO 
 
 


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