ONE OF THOSE DAYS

[Farrell]

Please keep your vile attitude off this list. As far as I can tell, most child agencies use the terms "cruelty to children" and "child abuse" interchangeably. Stating that someone is guilty of "cruelty to children" and characterizing them as a "P.O.S." are grounds for a slander suit. Those writings certainly have no place on this list.

Terry Farrell

(Never been accused of being straight-laced, prim and/or proper.)
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      Wayne, from your unfortunate story, I don't know what the bigger P.O.S. is - -the piano or the owner! In cases like this I tell the customer your wasting your child's time with this piano and throwing the piano lesson money out the window - -the child will never develop into a pianist on a piano like this, and any good feeling for music that he/she has will be snuffed out. I use an analogy: I tell them that when the child  reaches the age for driving lessons, would you be content if the driving instructor pulled up in an old, beat up Dodge Dart with 4 flat tires, smoke pouring out of the exhaust, and an engine so worn that the car could go only 20 mph? Would you reason that your child is only a beginner driver, and doesn't need a real good car? As a last resort, I tell the customer that cruelty to children is a crime, and that by making him/her play on such a piano, you're guilty of it.

  Jesse Gitnik
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  Hey Tom, first of all, I didn't suggest that we accuse anyone of child abuse. I used the term "cruelty to children" because these thick-skulled parents who force their children to play on these monstrosities need to be dealt with firmly. Besides, most parents will take it with a grain of salt if a piano technician says that they're guilty of cruelty to children, because they know that we know that it's an exaggeration in order to prove a point. Are you guys out there so straight laced and prim & proper that you take EVERYTHING that you read and hear so literally? 

  Jesse Gitnik
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