Here's a new one

[David Ilvedson]

Right...and get a bushel of coal...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: 10/21/2005 12:29:15 PM
Subject: Re: Here's a new one


>Good grief, Sounds like sue time to me.
>Joe Goss RPT
>Mother Goose Tools
>imatunr@srvinet.com
>www.mothergoosetools.com
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey@marshall.edu>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:43 PM
>Subject: Here's a new one


>> Yesterday I had occasion to tune a Yamaha U1 upright for a lady that just
>moved into my area from a town upstate (Fairmont WV). She said that her
>tuner in Fairmont, a former coal miner, said that it was imperative that her
>piano be "de-tuned" before being moved to protect the soundboard, plate,
>etc. from damage due to the strain and jostling brought on by the move.
>>
>> Sure enough, every string had the pitch lowered almost completely slack,
>just enough tension to hold the coils in place!!
>>
>> And he charged her a full tuning fee to do it "€ŠæË߇..."
>>
>>
>> What a mess....the mind reels:-(
>>
>> Even though this yutz is out of the mines he's still in the dark.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul E. Dempsey, RPT
>> Piano Technician Sr.
>> Marshall University
>> Huntington, WV
>> 304-696-5418
>> 304-617-1149
>>
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