My joy has not been this large in a very long time!! You see, music is what keeps me going!! Listening to Christian music does tremendous things for my morale BUT nothing gets my heart a pumping happily like MAKING Christian music!!
Some of you may recall that my husband, Robert, gave me a 98 year old newly restored baby grand piano for my 60th birthday. That was three years ago but something terrible happened to "My Joy Maker" sometime this Summer.
I can't really say what happened but it just turned sour. One note was so horribly off pitch that I couldn't stand playing it. I mean it was not even a pitch it was playing--it was a combination of HORRIBLE SOUNDS!!!
I tried skipping that note but that left some pretty big holes in a lot of songs. I tried playing it an octave lower but that was not so very easily done. I tried playing another note in that cord but that gave me a headache trying to figure it all out. Suffice it to say that the misery exceeded the joy and I stopped playing it all together about 3 months ago. );
Well, yesterday the piano doctor came and he knew what he was doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After dismantling my old beauty, and checking out how much work needed doing, Steven told me that there were 12 pins that he would have to replace. Steven said that, when he tightens the pin and the wrench goes right back to where it was before, then the pin is stripped out and needs to be replaced. I started to get worried that this was going to run into a LOT of money but he said it would be far less expensive than re-stringing the old girl.
Like I said before, "Doctor Steven" knew what he was doing. He brought along a product called "Instant Pin Tight. The first thing that he did was used a little bulb syringe to apply some of the "Pin Tight" around each pin. Steven explained that this would more or less swell up the wood around each pin so that it would hold the pins better. IT WORKED!
By the time that he had applied all of the "Pin Tight" to all of the pins, 11 of the 12 pins that wouldn't stay in place when he first checked them STAYED IN PLACE!!! Now that's what I call "Relief!!"
The 12th pin did need to be replaced and I watched as Steven unwound, unwound, unwound the pin. Then he used something that I can't recall the name but which would function like a washer or a gasket. This made that pin thicker so that it would stay in place and, when he put it back in it's spot, it was able to stay there.
Next Steven applied another layer of "Pin Tight" to the middle pins where most of the playing is done. He said that this area was much more worn out than the rest of the piano which is no surprise. It all still sounded terrible but now the tuning could begin.
After considerable amount of awful sounds, I could hear the music coming back! Steven not only knew how to FIX a piano, he also knew how to TUNE a piano!! YAY. After about an hour and a half, my piano started to sound like a piano again rather than an old cow in the pangs of death. lol
Finally Dr. Steven was content that it was in tune and he gave a little concert--he can PLAY the piano too!! My guys came home from work to the sweet sounds of music coming out of my sweet old piano and we all relaxed. It was making MUSIC again!!
Steven left me some 'Pin Tight" suggesting that I apply it to the most used area again in Mid January. If there is any left, I plan on adding some a couple of months later. Steven urged me to have him come back in the Spring when the furnace isn't running any more. He was pretty sure that one more tune-up would have her sounding like new. Steven did mention an older piano that he'd worked on, though, that needed three tunings. He said that, after that third tuning, it sounded brand new!!! WOW
I was very happy to learn that Steven has trained his nephew in the art of being a "Piano Technician." It's a skill that I will probably be needing for a very long time!! I feel younger just knowing that I can sit down and play my piano now and it will sound beautiful! I began last night!
I said to Robert this morning that I need to get to bed earlier tonight as it was hard to get moving. He said, 'Yes, what happened to ONE piano solo last night?" I laughed and asked "Who can play just one?"
So I am happier today than I have been in a long time. Then I found that the Elijah Streams (the video branch of the Elijah List) has shared a new video of what God has said recently. You have GOT to watch this to be encouraged!
Happy new week! I may share a video of my piano playing here soon. I'm pretty rusty but I sure would love to have you hear the deep, rich tones of my 101 year old piano!!
Dawn
PS This isn't a photo of my Cable baby grand but it's just what it looks like.
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"Prophetic Perspective: Corruption, Exposure and Justice"
Hank Kunneman with Steve Shultz on Elijah Streams TV
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Hank Kunneman is the senior pastor of Lord of Hosts Church, a thriving church in Omaha, Nebraska, and founder of One Voice Ministries. As an uncompromising voice that God is using to stir up the Body of Christ, he is known for a strong prophetic anointing as he preaches. He travels and ministers extensively as he and his wife, Brenda, preach together at conferences, churches, and national television programs throughout the United States and overseas. Together, the Kunneman's also host their own nationally and internationally televised weekly program, New Level with Hank and Brenda, airing on Daystar Television Network, Victory Television Network, and Faith Broadcasting Network. Pastor Hank is a published author with both Destiny Image and Charisma House, with his most recent books being The Lord Himself Is Stepping In, Prophesy with the Wind in Your Mouth, My Heart Cries Abba Father, The Revealer of Secrets, Barrier Breakers, and Don't Leave God Alone. He has also written and created several children's books.
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