42

[Ron Nossaman]

Cleaning out some of the stuff around my desk (hey, it could 
happen!), I found a note of something I'd heard long ago from 
a piano owner and had intended to put in the newsletter. It 
never made it into the newsletter, but someone here might 
enjoy it.

It was a harmless enough seeming call, one of those "how do I 
go about selling my piano" sort of deals. I was questioning 
her on the age and history of the piano, when she informed me 
that "It's not that old. It's not 42 yet, and at 42, all sorts 
of things go wrong and need fixed".

Where *does* this stuff come from, and why are people so 
willing to take something so arbitrary at face value?

Unfortunately, I didn't have presence of mind enough to ask 
her how close to the magic day it was, so if any of you knows 
of a piano about to cross over into post-42ness, keep an eye 
on it for me. You never know. She might be onto something...

Ron N