Here's a new one

[Tom Servinsky]

Looks like Elmer Fudd has appeared again....
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey@marshall.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 2:43 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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