Take a Stand

Thomas D. Seay, III t.seay@mail.utexas.edu
Wed, 31 May 1995 18:38:09 +0300


>I would like to urge all subscribers to the Pianotech list, their colleagues,
>friends, and families to join me today in writing their Congressional
>representatives about an emotional issue that affects us all deeply:
>
>Ban Assault Wippens NOW.
>
>Assault wippens do not belong in the home piano.  Period.  And in the concert
>hall the danger is just unthinkable.
>
>Automatic and semi-automatic wippens that allow the player to repeat a note
>several hundred times a second are no longer "recreational" wippens.  These
>wippens were made with one and only one purpose in mind:  to kill or injure as
>many musicians as possible.
>
>Thank you for listening.
>
>Danny Dover
>Dartmouth College
>Hanover, NH
>
>P.S.  I guess you can tell it's the end of the term.

If wippens are banned, only the criminals will have them...

Tom Seay
The Unversity of Texas at Austin
t.seay@mail.utexas.edu







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