This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Alan,, You made me laugh! =20 First Paragraph,, been there, done that, many times but I'm here to stay = anyway...........=20 Second Paragraph,,, Wrong thing to play, Navy and Army are only = grateful when they're saving each other's a**es.=20 You're in the Army Now,, is just too grim a reminder for most.=20 They may be of a new generation, but that doesn't mean their = Commanders are ever going to let them forget the Army Tradition,,,,,,or = history for that matter either..... If they did, then they'd be derelict = in their duty. I'm glad the piano sounded so good, though. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan R. Barnard=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:27 PM Subject: Challenge Tune a Hamilton studio on an open stage with very poor lighting in an = auditorium filled with Army recruits and their sergeants having various = discussions and enthusiastic "YES, SIR!"s while a giant floor fan is = cranking out a moderate and noisy hurricane, doors are opening and = closing, people coming, going, and asking you questions. When I had all but bass unisons done, I played "Anchors Aweigh." = Everyone stopped and was dead silent. My voice, mysteriously projecting = out from behind the piano, said, "I was in the Navy." Big laugh. Then I = played "You're In the Army Now." No reaction; wrong generation. Realized = NOT ONE of the people in that room and very few in the entire U.S. Army = were even alive when I was in the Navy! Ouch. Everyone left just as I was finishing bass unisons. Piano sounds = pretty durn good, if I do say so. One for the memoirs. Alan Barnard P.S. Before someone says, "Why, you idiot, why didn't you ... " please = note that rescheduling wasn't an option and there was nowhere to move = the piano. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2d/25/5a/eb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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