From "Larry Trischetta" <ltpianoman@comcast.net>
I haven't been reading for a few days and only looked at this post, but at
the risk of sounding uninformed of the latest developments, may I suggest
for the first day, a "parched bridge and several bare keys"... In keeping
with the rhyme "partridge in a pear tree" and using someone's (see, I am
uninformed) words "parched"- and "several...keys"... Good thinking, whoever
wrote them. Any thoughts on going with the "a-swimming, a-milking" etc. idea
like the "jacks a-jumping" line? Very much a signature part of the song.
Also, I think Rob meant a-flat (like "a-jumping") rather than A flat.
Here are 2 more suggestions:
Seven ribs a-buzzin'
Six strings a-poppin' (or six strings a-zinging)
Also, this may be too far fetched, but if you got a Schomaker as the rebuild
you could have Five Golden Strings.
Larry Trischetta
Original Message-------
From: Richard Brekne
Date: 12/14/07 13:27:42
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: On the 15th day of December...
Grin... A-flat eh... ? Hard to put "With" in front of it... but it gives
me an idea for a day 1 !... see below. We've no doubt not heard the last
of the first line :):)
Cheers
RicB
15 Cents-A-flat
Rob Goodale, RPT
Las vegas, NV
On the 15th day of December a piano came to me
Fifteen butts a-bounding
Fourteen wobbly whippens
Thirteen coins a-clinking,
Twelve tubby bass strings,
Eleven jacks a-jumping,
Ten grungy grommets,
Nine brittle bridles,
Eight damaged dampers,
Seven fractured flanges,
Six errant elbows,
Five broken strings !
Four coats of paint,
Three warped posts,
Two pedals bent,
With parched board and 50 cents flat !