/r/PianoMemes
Memes, humour, and other lighthearted things related to the piano, piano playing, or pianists.
Main subreddit: /r/piano
Memes, humour, and other lighthearted things related to pianos, piano playing, or pianists.
Main subreddit: /r/piano
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/r/PianoMemes
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Teacher: Today, i will teach you how the proper fingering. Me on the inside:
Hi Just a begging player Is the distance good enough? Thank you
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In the late 19th century, con artists posing as piano tuners would travel through the midwest and western US, stopping at small towns and advertising their services. Back in those days, as we all know, many if not most homes had a piano in the parlor, and these were generally not tuned very regularly.
So our man would breeze into town and put an ad in the local paper announcing a remarkable new method of quick and easy piano tuning: the spray technique.
He'd enter a gullible homeowner's parlor, show his spray bottle (likely a bulb-type device in those days, this was well before the invention of the aerosol can) and ask them to close the door behind him as he needed complete silence to work. The homeowner might hear the spritz of the bottle.
He'd emerge from the parlor, shutting the door behind him, and tell the homeowner to wait at least 24 (or maybe 48) hours before entering, as the substance was not safe to breathe. Plus it needed that time to fully tune the piano.
He could knock off quite a few homes in one day, and then be on the train by the next morning. This was practiced to much success!
Source: a friend back in music school.