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defacto7

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29. Ha, actually I hadn't. But somehow I saw it coming.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #21)

Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:38 PM

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Piano Tuners callout... [View all] defacto7 Feb 2019 OP

I'm not a piano tuner but I could sure use one right now. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #1

Yeah, they do that sometimes. defacto7 Feb 2019 #4

It's a Mason & Hamlin upright, made in the mid-'50s. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #10

Mason & Hamlin is a pretty good piano. defacto7 Feb 2019 #13

It sounded pretty good after the first tuning but it slipped after a bit. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #15

Sounds like you're on top of it. Go M&H. defacto7 Feb 2019 #18

I play, but I don't tune them. JuJuYoshida Feb 2019 #2

I play too. There are some very good tuners who don't play. defacto7 Feb 2019 #5

I had an electric piano when I was growing up. Tikki Feb 2019 #3

There's nothing like the sound and feel of an old B3 with a 122. CincyDem Feb 2019 #6

I know those old B3s well but what's a 122? is that the defacto7 Feb 2019 #9

Yep. That's the model number of the classic Leslie mahogany or cherry speaker. CincyDem Feb 2019 #17

Whoa, that's the first time I've seen inside one of those things. defacto7 Feb 2019 #23

yeah - between that and the tubes. Mmmm..Mmmmm...good. CincyDem Feb 2019 #26

The pleasure's all mine! defacto7 Feb 2019 #45

Ha, I had an accordion when I was a kid. defacto7 Feb 2019 #7

i can't tune a piano, but i can tuna fish. unblock Feb 2019 #8

Do you know how many times a tuner hears that joke? defacto7 Feb 2019 #11

dang, and here i thought for sure i was the first with this completely original joke. unblock Feb 2019 #12

But did you know you can switch the word fish with the word boat? defacto7 Feb 2019 #14

and i suppose you could switch out piano for harpsicord as well... unblock Feb 2019 #20

Well, I can't tune a fish but I can tune harpsichord. defacto7 Feb 2019 #27

i can't span an octave, but i can spanakopita unblock Feb 2019 #31

I can span a whole Galaktoboureko right now! defacto7 Feb 2019 #38

REO Speedwagon beat you to it liberaltrucker Feb 2019 #16

ah, but you see, they used the boring, traditional formulation. unblock Feb 2019 #19

... liberaltrucker Feb 2019 #24

You've probably heard this one, too: The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #21

Ha, actually I hadn't. But somehow I saw it coming. defacto7 Feb 2019 #29

Estey pump organ madamesilverspurs Feb 2019 #22

Those old pump organs are something special indeed. defacto7 Feb 2019 #32

Not a tuner or a player, but blaze Feb 2019 #25

How fun. I actually still do that night playing in a cathedral defacto7 Feb 2019 #33

I have my great-grandfather's pump organ from late 1800's. northoftheborder Feb 2019 #28

Oh yes, there are parts catalogs for technicians with old pump organ parts. defacto7 Feb 2019 #35

Not a piano guy, love the music and even had an upright...friends would play. But I'm tuned in! NT SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #30

I'm glad your in tune. defacto7 Feb 2019 #36

Not a piano tuner but I respect them a lot csziggy Feb 2019 #34

Now that's an amazing story! defacto7 Feb 2019 #37

I've tried to locate the original story in a NY paper but have not been able to csziggy Feb 2019 #39

My grandma's Hammond M-3 doesn't work OriginalGeek Feb 2019 #40

That is THE classic spinet home organ. defacto7 Feb 2019 #44

Don't suppose you are in CT? blur256 Feb 2019 #41

I lived there about 30 years ago.... defacto7 Feb 2019 #42

Thank you! blur256 Feb 2019 #43

I know a guy in Fort Worth imavoter Feb 2019 #46

Maybe you could go to Ft. Worth and pick up defacto7 Feb 2019 #47