Rodkey trivia, #9

What is the significance of the number nine? That, my dear friends and relations, is the number of pencils that Michael Sloan found in our piano today!

Yes, he came over today to give our piano the badly needed overhaul and tuning. At one point, the entire playing mechanism was out of the piano. I've never seen that before!

The funny thing is that I actually recognize some of the pencils from practicing days in the deep, dark past. Their erasers and designs were a bit worse for wear, but all of them still had working tips. Bizarre.

From the Archives: Sept 1st, 2008