Ever find puke inside of a piano? I did. Someone had a little bit to much
to drink. I came, saw what I was in for, I left. No way could I clean
that up. I made them call someone else. That is, unless they wanted more
puke added to it as I attempted to clean it up.. Still smelled too. That
one was FREEEEEEEEE!
Jer Groot
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ken & Pat Gerler
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:34 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Interesting Find
Mice storing them for the winter. I had a customer expecting family that
evening. The night before, she had filled to 10" bowls full of hard candy.
When I got there that morning, both bowls were empty. The bowls were on end
tables on either side of a sofa. I pulled the cushions and show her where
all the candy had disappeared.
Ken Gerler
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Farrell <mailto:mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Interesting Find
I had a piano some years back where the customer said none of the keys
worked - you couldn't push them down. I went there and removed some of the
keys and found the entire keybed - all the space under the keys - was
completely filled with acorns. Not really 100% sure how they got there.
Terry Farrell
On Feb 4, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Marc Mailhot wrote:
Hi everyone.
Just got back from a supposed 30 min piano evaluation that turned into a 2
hour service all.
Seems a rodent got into her Wurlitzer Spinet...built a nice nest and helped
himself to piles of dogfood...still on the action...IN the action...and on
the bottom of the piano. Being a Spinet did not want to pull the acton and
managed to get most of it out. Still more left which will require another
service call and likely pulling all the keys out as I found little morsels
of food underneath the 3 keys I pulled to get the food out.Tuning after the
next service call. Pulled one original key screw out and found it was bent
in the middle...installed that way at the Factory in 1963 per my dating of
the SN. More quality workmanship from Wullitzer! My customer got her
camera out and I took a good number of photos which she'll send me and then
I'll share with all of you. I love this job and thought I'd share my morning
with you all. Last known tuning was in June 1994.
She lives in the country and I suspect this happens all the time...but my
first encounter with rodents who like pianos!
All for now.
Regards as always.
Marc P. Mailhot
Marco Polo Music
Westbrook, Maine USA
The Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make...
The Beatles/Abbey Road (The End)...1969
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Subject: pianotech Digest, Vol 16, Issue 46
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 2:00 PM
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