FRIENDLY, EXPERT PIANO SERVICE ! ! !

I’ve been a Registered Piano Technician in The Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) since 1986,
and am experienced and insured.
Call me at (608) 790-8863
or email me at djeumurian@gmail.com
to tune, regulate, or repair your piano ! ! ! ! !
I’d be happy to answer your questions about humidity control and other aspects of piano care, and help your whole family get excited about the piano! I make pianos and people happy, which makes me happy!
If you’re within 50 miles or so
of beautiful La Crosse, WI,
call me at (608) 788-8637
or email djeumurian@gmail.com.
Remember—
If E-U need anything piano,
E-U should talk to Dan-o
at 608-78-TUNER ! ! ! ! ! (home/office) or 608 790 8863 (cell).

Pianos have been around for over 300 years. Children are fascinated when I open up a piano, they push on a key, other parts move, and a string sings out a note! When I play one of my fun songs or point to the keys so they can play one, I get responses like “Wow!” or “Again!” I’ve had two-year-olds show interest, and I recently showed a 96-year-old man how to play one note while I played a song in that key. If you’re anywhere between those ages, let’s get your piano sounding—and you feeling—great ! ! ! ! ! If you need an acoustic piano or an electronic piano or keyboard, I may be able to help with that too!

. . . AND THE CREATIVITY CORNER ! !

Welcome !! !!! Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad! Froehliche Weihnachten! Happy Incarnation Celebration! Happy Jesus’s Birthday!

My first job out of Wheaton College Graduate School, where I studied theology, was as a local history researcher, interviewer, and writer for the Kickapoo Valley Association History Project here in southwestern Wisconsin. At that time, Wisconsin was losing three to four family farms a day. I put my songwriting skills to work and published an album titled “Farm Country.” Later, I wrote a musical play called “Shiny Tim and the Hum Bugs.” This poem was part of that:

O Little Farm

I was in the barn on Christmas Eve.
I was no Scrooge, but didn’t believe
This “wise man-shepherd bally-hoo.
I was a farmer; I had work to do.

As I cleaned the pipeline and mixed the feed,
The strangest thought occurred to me:
”My little system is a sight to see!
I wonder how the universe came to be.

”My cattle take such love and care
To keep them safe and happy there,
I wonder if it just might be
That some great Farmer cares for me.

”Does someone somewhere know my heart,
And know how I should play my part,
And seek me when I go astray,
And shield me on the Judgment Day?”

As I was musing in the night,
I heard a noise and saw a light.
I rushed out back to find the cause,
Then stopped and froze in fear and awe.

For in the sky above the field,
A fearsome farmhand was revealed.
His body hovered in its flight.
A blaze of glory pierced the night.

”Fear not! I bring good news!” he thundered.
Your Creator knows your wonder.
He has come to earth to save you
From the sins that now enslave you.
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”You will find him close at hand.”
Then I heard a mighty band
Praising God and speaking peace.
(I thought they had a country beat.)

”I’ve got to tell the kids and wife,”
I said. “This thing could change my life!
I hurried thru the mud and snow
To our back door, where light did glow.

I tore off boots and coat and cap,
Then thought, “They may be taking a nap.”
I tiptoed in so carefully
And saw them all around the tree.

My older child, with voice so true, said,
”Mom, why won’t Dad worship too?”
My younger spoke, my eyes grew dim:
”Mama, could we pray for him?”

I need not tell the joy we had
When three wise hearts were joined by Dad.
This farm family now loves and sings,
For we’ve received the King of Kings.

(c) 1999, Dan Eumurian

If you like my work, feel free to visit Patreon—and be sure to “stay tuned” here for more content !! !!!

See the other two verses and refrains on the page “Bard of Parodies.”

Stay tuned !! !!! There’s much more—for all ages! Email me your comments and questions at djeumurian@gmail.com.

Keep checking back; I have a lot more to share! Thanks! —Dan Eumurian

FEEL FREE TO EXPLORE MY SITE ! !

One of my students said, “My last piano teacher told me what to do, but she didn’t make me think. I like your lessons better!” See a piano lesson below. Watch an interview with late country musician Dan Berger and our friends Joe Cody and the late John Bernadot on my YouTube channel “Live Armadillo,” which you’ll find on this website. Here you’ll find song lyrics, poems and more. Subscribe to my channel for free, purchase a song or an album thru PayPal, or contribute to the cause on Patreon! Stay tuned!