Show Ripsaw Used to Repair Piano in inY inY Y Yank rk k Trenches Tre D DURING the war amusing tales came In iii letters over the tho water to us as to tho the lengths tho boys at the front went to get a a. piano or other In Instrument to provide provide pro pro- vl vide a them with music or near- near music Now when the boys bos arc ar arriving arriving ar- ar riving homo home they bring with them man many other Incidents of oC musical doings at tho the front This one of ot improving a piano plana by the use of a saw rip screw driver er and a n. knife is related by a returned recently soldier Vo needed more moro pieces in our orchestra so we purchased a piano for which wo we paid pard all of oC six bottles bot bot- tio of or l Skid kid id reviver Ivo Ive heard bettor pianos but never cheaper Wo Vo had a n. couple of oC officers with us who delighted in in- tinkering with machinery trying trying- to improve it The Tho piano plana immediately became their victim Now this piano had a pitch all its own which happened to he bo about a tono tone below continental pitch This naturally made It awkward awkward awk awl ward for or tho the flutist and clarinetist so they decided to raise ralso the pitch By Br the tue aid of oC a lar large e rip saw rip saw a asere screw sere driver ri and a knife the they made an adjustable keyboard so that simp simply b by pu pushing the keyboard keyboard key key- board to tho the right rig or left leCt the piano plana could bo hI placed at English continental or any other pitch within a a. range o of a a. tone and a half We had hind to leave out a couple of oC notes at end but thc they were not required in our circle I |