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I went to a duet recital: Saint-Saens, Schubert, and Gershwin, played by a pair of sisters.
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"Today" is now yesterday, but let's see.... A newly-rebuilt A at a college that had to come up 50 cents, then replace a broken G6 string on a Baldwin grand at the same college, then over to a church for a 70s vintage Hamilton vertical. After that, a D. H. Baldwin grand at a private residence, and then finally another early 60s Baldwin Hamilton beater in a practice room. Those old blonde Hamiltons are amazing. They're kind of like the old Volkswagen bug of pianos. They just go and go and go and go forever....
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No. The Labèques have some strange interpretations.
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What did I do today? Today I cut my work day short around 11:30 so I could race home, step into 4 inches of water in the basement, and call a plumber to replace the hot water tank that busted and was spewing water all over the place!
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Oh boy! Lucky you! NOT! ME???? I played hookey!!! I have 7 tunings left at the college, was running ahead and so, I played hookey!!! Still, I spent most of the day doing office work, answering emails, returning calls etc... That part never ends.
Jerry Groot RPT Piano Technicians Guild Grand Rapids, Michigan www.grootpiano.comWe love to play BF2.
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Loren, did you put a drain pan under the new water heater? The pan collects water leaking, and a hose diverts water to a floor drain or sump pump drain. Some have an alarm that senses leakage.
I tuned one, pitch raised three, and bought a Steinway A for a rebuilding project.
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That'll keep you out of trouble for a while too Bob! Watch out for those snakes!!!
Jerry Groot RPT Piano Technicians Guild Grand Rapids, Michigan www.grootpiano.comWe love to play BF2.
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When I replaced my stone foundation with concrete block I built a moat around my water-works with a floor drain going to a gravity drained sump. Ahhhh. Great place to wash the hound, too!
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Loren, did you put a drain pan under the new water heater? The pan collects water leaking, and a hose diverts water to a floor drain or sump pump drain. Some have an alarm that senses leakage.
I tuned one, pitch raised three, and bought a Steinway A for a rebuilding project. Wouldn't have helped. The tank itself cracked and the water was SPOUTING out of the top of it around the exhaust flue. Anyway, $600 and a sore back later, I have hot water.
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You deserve to play hookey today now! Go on, go for it!
Jerry Groot RPT Piano Technicians Guild Grand Rapids, Michigan www.grootpiano.comWe love to play BF2.
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Haha I wish, Jerry! I have $600 to make up, PLUS the day of work I lost yesterday!
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OK. Double time for you then. Hop to it! Make it snappy! I tuned 4 at the college today. All verticals. Used my new Cyberhammer on 2 of them, the other two, Yamaha U1's, the hammer tip is a bit to short, the top part of the thingy that covers the pin block is right in the way. Besides, the tuning pins are to tight so, I used the Fujan on those two but, the CH on the other two. It does work well for pitch raises and it is less stress on the body, if the tunings pins aren't to danged tight!
Jerry Groot RPT Piano Technicians Guild Grand Rapids, Michigan www.grootpiano.comWe love to play BF2.
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Yep, Jerry! You'll get into a rhythm with it, and use it when called for! A great tool to have around. I ALWAYS use it for the first pass on a pitch raise because there's no muscle strain at all.
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An awful thing today! We were supposed to be celebrating the birthday this month of the Vallejo police chief. Instead, we are mourning the shooting death of one of his officers.
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Sorry to hear that BDB. A friend of ours here in GR, her husband was a Walker Cop. She is a school teacher in the Northview School system. He, Trevor, was readying, spike strips when the driver ran him over and killed him. That was only a couple of weeks ago or so. On top of all of that, the teachers cancer had returned in her spine and, they have kids. She had just finished telling him that her cancer was back when he said, I gotta go hon, I love you! Those were his last words to her. The two people in the car that ran him over? They got out, weapons drawn and tried to kill other cops. Both of them were killed instead.
Jerry Groot RPT Piano Technicians Guild Grand Rapids, Michigan www.grootpiano.comWe love to play BF2.
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An awful thing today! We were supposed to be celebrating the birthday this month of the Vallejo police chief. Instead, we are mourning the shooting death of one of his officers. Oh my...that's terrible.
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Autodidact interested in piano technology. 1970 44" Ibach, daily music maker. 1977 "Ortega" 8' + 8' harpsichord (Rainer Schütze, Heidelberg)
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