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Odd Objects Found in Automatic Instruments
By Bruce Clark

In the 50 or more years that I tuned pianos and worked on players,
other than the usual coins I found:

1. several bottles of whiskey, stored by an alcoholic;
2. a dead rat;
3. guns, most likely hidden for safekeeping;
4. my favorite screw driver that had been missing for five years;
5. candy;
6. condoms hidden by a red-faced teenager (I assured him I would
   keep his secret).

7. Worst of all: a mother cat decided to have a litter of kittens
under the cover and on top of the bass strings of an Ampico grand.
(The customer complained of odd-sounding bass notes.)

8. The most dangerous: A 100-watt light bulb that had burned a hole
in the side of a church piano.  Someone thought it would be a great
idea to drive the dampness from the piano.

Bruce Clark


(Message sent Sat 22 Jan 2005, 15:00:02 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Automatic, Found, Instruments, Objects, Odd

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