Back to my normal routine today. I was at work by 9:15 and my task today was to fit a microphone system to a 3-row diatonic accordion, with the help of Stefano. We made holes in several places and attached wires here, there and everywhere.
After a lunch of mushrooms, focaccia and tomatoes, and a walk to the gelateria I returned to work to discover we'd made a mistake - we'd fitted the microphone to the wrong accordion. There were two 3-row diatonics for the same customer and we'd mixed them up. We didn't set about changing them over today, though. Claudio was putting the finishing touches to the tuning of a new accordion, when he asked me to put the cover on the bass side of the same accordion... but it didn't fit. Stefano began sorting the problem; what should have been a case of attaching four screws turned into a two hour job with a variety of tools.
Romano, his wife and two eldest kids turned up mid afternoon to pick up the reed blocks he'd left with us. Romano and spent the afternoon playing a variety of accordions and talking about it, too. He was tasked with testing the new accordion and its MIDI and microphone. More problems arose when he did, though.
At 8pm ten of us went to an agriturismo in the hills where we certainly ate well - antipasti, ravioli, risotto, beef, tiramisu. We joked and talked and laughed and ate long into the night until Romano suggested we go as they had a long journey back to their house in the next region. We left and drove back to the flats, where we all said our goodbyes. I'm so tired and definitely ready for bed.
Buona notte x
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