Re: [Harp-L] Harp players will get it..

["Mike and Beverly Rogers" <mbrogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good story.  Actually, I find that
it must be a prerequisite for music store salesmen to remain "cool" at all
times.  Bullfrog
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "samblancato" <samblancato@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:53 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Harp players will get it..


> Hey Folks,
>
>
>
>  I thought I'd relate a funny story.  My D Golden Melody blew a reed the
> other day; draw 5 just broke off. So yesterday I decided to buy a new one
at
> a local music store instead of buying one online - I wanted it right away.
> This local store, Pianos-n-Stuff is actually the best music store close to
> Pittsburgh. (I don't count Guitar Center because the help there is so bad
> and they're not very harp friendly).  Any way I ask for a D Golden Melody
> and the guy brings me one.  I ask him for the bellows tester thing because
> since they have one I like to go over the holes on the chance the one of
> them doesn't sound or is weak sounding - that's what they're there for.
>
>
>
> So I go to work pumping this thing and I have it set on the single hole
> setting and I'm going over each hole a couple of times.  As I'm doing this
I
> notice three or four people are looking at me while I'm doing this, just
> sort of watching me work with this stupid looking contraption.  So I say,
> not to anybody in particular, "I know 'I' don't sound very good but if the
> guys on the blues records that I have can sound 'that' good, I figure it
> just takes a lot of practice."  Now I thought this was a pretty funny
joke.
> Nobody laughed; they just stared blankly at me and then went on with what
> ever they were doing.  I guess since nobody laughed it's not really a
funny
> story.  But I thought it was a pretty good joke.
>
>
>
> Sam Blancato, Pittsburgh
>
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