Let's see...... For a pitch raise and a tuning, I got an Emerson square grand in excellent salvage condition. A couple times, for a tuning, I got a night's stay at a bed-and-breakfast (on the way to a PTG convention). Terry Farrell > Robin Stevens wrote: > >> One of my memorable payments for a tuning was for tuning a Player piano. >> When I finished the old man said to me..."I can't pay you"...But, I can >> give you a First World War .303 rifle and a violin!! >> It suited me fine, as I was into target shooting in my younger days. The >> rifle had a good quality target shooting scope. It even had "Mother" >> engraved on the butt. >> As for the violin...I have never used it. >> Robin Stevens >> > jeez......in 25 years I've gotten maybe a dozen cookies and 4 or 5 > tomatoes....oh, and an old dehumidifier rod or two, usually with the cord > so cracked and brittle that it's unsable. And once in a great while they > write the check for $5 or $10 over what I asked. --D.N.
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