piano/violin

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: June 10, 2001 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: piano/violin


>
> <grin> OOR, a "nit" is the egg of a louse, or sometimes, a young louse.
> Picture the monkeys going through each other's fur, taking out parasites.
> But we've sort of forgotten that picture, and use it for people who use
> a large magnifying glass to look for itsy, bitsy problems or weaknesses,
> especially in someone else's work or way of doing something.
>
> As an example of a nitpicker in action --- I bought my nice elderly
> piano teaching friend a lovely young tree for her yard. It glowed with
> health; it was a perfect shape; it was everything that one would want
> a tree to be. Another teacher, a crusty sort of guy, visited her and
looked
> at it. One leaf was a little chewed up by the wire from the tag. He homed
> right in on it, and in seconds he said, "What's wrong with that leaf??"
>
> "Flabbergasted" is a great word, isn't it? Picture someone whose jaw has
> dropped open in astonishment. My old dictionary mentions "flabby" and
> "aghast."
>
> Vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Susan
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Ah, dear Susan.... As always, one of the better writers in our midst!

-- ddf