[pianotech] A new use for piano benches

[Dale Erwin]

You know Rob? (rhetorical question)
 I've been thinking about sending a polite heads up e- mail the night before before the appointment, first as a reminder to say....hey,..remember?...I'm coming,... and second...... please make sure that :
1.The piano is to be cleaned off. I'm not the janitor.
 
2. I need it to be quiet, so no vacuums vacuuming, no tvs blaring, No loud talking, no garage bands practicing, or leaf blowers blowing and no small packs ofdoggies barking or in the vicinity, smelling, barking, licking, and.................................
  no partridges in a pear tree  squawking either,.... especially Cockatoos, yikes......
  I mean really..... .... argghhhh with all due unhappiness!

Oh yeah and can we please get some lights in this room with the piano!!! I mean whats up with this.?

 Yesterday I worked for a really nice lady...with 3 dogs,... and the barking as I walked in. Holy cats.....
 I had to hold my ears till  she got the message. After that I was less crabby and we had a good time.
Rob...I was bit in the calf this year by an Australian shepherd. Almost broke skin even thru the Levis.  My leg was hurting later though. Hey and this is a dog who knows me.
Dale


Dale Erwin RPT-
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 5:28 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] A new use for piano benches


    Oh ya Mr. tough guy? I got bit by a poodle 20 years ago whilst picking up a case part off the floor. Pit Bull ? 
I'd need a change of underwear.
    Kidding aside--I love dogs and am generally not nervous around them but those pitbull types do make me wary.
As to the poodle incident , the little sucker grabbed on to my hand for just a second. The skin was not broken but the next day my hand felt like it had been closed in a car door. Imagine what could happen with one of those big dogs. You a lucky Dude.
 Tom Driscoll
  
From: Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com>
Reply-To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:43:17   -0700
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: [pianotech] A new use for piano   benches

  


  
  
I've   found a new use for piano benches...   


  
I had a lot of work on a 1967 Wurlitzer console.  It had a couple of   broken strings, I repinned a few flanges, reshaped the hammers, etc.    While putting the action back in, I was trying to get the dowels for the   pedals to seat in their respective spots on the action.
  


  
So here I am, flat on my back on the carpet under the the piano with my   hand reaching under to fit the dowel, when I look to my left and I see that   the wife has just let their Pit-bull into the house.  I'm looking at him   from about 20 feet away through the legs of the piano bench when he decides I   must be an intruder.
  


  
He starts growling and snarling and running towards me. I'm sure the   surge of adrenaline helped me to get off my back and on my feet quicker than I   have in probably 20 years! I grabbed the legs of the piano bench on the way up   and tilted the seat bottom directly at the dog, creating a nice wooden barrier   between me and the salivating and barking Pitbull.  The owners came   running out and it took them several tense minutes (seconds?) to get him under   control and back outside.
  


  
And I didn't even get a tip...  ;-)
  


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Regards,
  


  
Rob   McCall
  


  
McCall   Piano Service, LLC
www.mccallpiano.com
  
Murrieta,   CA
  
951-698-1875







 
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