tuning environment

[Dean May]

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I tuned a nursing home once where the room was full of old people, like =
they
usually are. This time there was a grouchy woman sitting behind me who
loudly complained about my playing the whole time I was tuning. She was
swearing at me! She kept saying her nephew could play a lot better than =
me.
I just agreed with her. ;-)

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Of course there were some sweet ladies there as well who pulled me aside =
to
apologize for their fellow resident and thank me for playing after =
tuning.=20

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Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272

Terre Haute IN  47802

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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf
Of pianolady50@peoplepc.com
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:13 AM
To: Pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: re: tuning environment

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I tuned a console piano that was in the lobby of a nursing home.  It was
remarkably quiet.  Except....one resident was pacing the length of the
hallway that intersected the foyer and each time she passed me would try =
to
sing along with the tuning.  *Try* being an important word!  I found =
myself
working extemely quickly while she was "away" and only pretending to =
tune
while she "sang".

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And on free food...always carry a ziplock bag in your tool kit!  I tuned =
and
repaired a nearly beyond hope piano for a customer just before =
Thanksgiving.
I was almost finished when she entered the room with a huge slice of
homemade pumpkin pie for me.  Yep...all natural (oh no).  Made with her
homegrown pumpkins and lots of honey.  Thank goodness she left the room! =
 It
had to be the worst pie I had ever tasted.  I can manage to eat most
anything if need be, but this was not swallowable.  Slipped that =
enormous
slice into a ziplock bag and closed up the tool kit with it squished =
inside!
Ziplock bags - never tune without them!

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Debbie L.


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