LOL. Love it, David. Hey, you're getting feisty since you retired! On Apr 28, 2010, at 12:25 PM, "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> wrote: > Plugged it in? > > dp > > > David M. Porritt, RPT > dporritt at smu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:23 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] puzzler > > > The piano is a late Aeolian "Duo/Art" player. They wanted it > tuned before they moved out of state the end of next month. > And, incidentally, the player doesn't work. > > The first puzzle is easy. They want it tuned because the > player doesn't work, not so much that it's been four years > since the last one, and in spite of the upcoming move. I > expect it crossed their minds that they might not find someone > after the move with low enough standards to condescend to get > the player working, assuming they had some idea how. > > The second puzzle was why the player didn't work. After I got > there, she explained that they could pump rolls through, but > pushing the little button didn't make the electric work, so > it's broken. > > So I fixed it. > > How. > Ron N
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