tuning environment

[Alan Barnard]

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Been there, done that, got the souvenir T-shirt.

One time a lady rolled up next to me and kept requesting various songs. I could not seem to get through to her that I was playing the old Chinese song "Tiu Ning" ... after awhile, she said, "Okay, I'll sing it for you" and began singing old songs, not very prettily but plenty darned loud.

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dean May 
To: Pianotech List
Sent: 02/04/2006 10:48:53 AM 
Subject: RE: tuning environment


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. ;-)

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. 

Dean
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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

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".

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!

Debbie L.
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