on just about to turn 60

Do you like the outfit? Respirator and glasses, ever so attractive. I was about to spend the next two hours using the bead blaster. Steve liked the look so much he decided he should capture it for the record. Too bad I don't have a photo of how attractive one can look wearing a face shield when using a grinder.
Never would I have guessed this would be my world as I enter into my sixties. But I can't really complain. I spent the day figuring out the best technique for drilling lead out of a Hamburg Steinway keyset. Normally the US made Steinways can just be pushed out, but not so with this guy. Everyone seems to dislike this job so much, they seemed happy I was doing it. It is not difficult, just messy. And the thing about most piano work is that you get a lot of practice. The 88 keys have anywhere from one to four leads per key, so by the end you get good at it. Or so I cockily thought. My last key I had the drill bit so buried in the key I had to take the bit out of the drill press, try applying ice to get it to shrink, and then carefully wiggle it enough to finally free it. Then I had to devise a different technique as most of the lead was still in the key. But I did. The keys are all quite intact, ready to be plugged with wood, and then redrilled and refilled with lead. Fortunately this task is passed along to Steve, who carefully weighs each key and places the new lead according to a precisely designed pattern. We all joke about we drill things out, then plug up the holes and then drill again, and then plug again. And we do this in multiples of 88. This whole world seems to suit me though, just was never cut out for the corporate life. So I'm happy to be in piano shop, about to turn 60.