Piano Horror ...

[Avery Todd]

Alan,

Another way I've heard it described is "two skeletons copulating on a tin 
roof!"

Sorry, I can't remember who said that but it was a well-known British 
composer/conductor.

Avery

>By the way, Keith wrote: "The harpsichord is a very light and delicate 
>thing." One of my music profs (Dr. Joe Pivall, So. Ill. Univ. at 
>Edwardsville, outstanding cellist and all around nice guy) publically 
>described the sound of the harpsichord thusly: "Marbles dropping through 
>bedsprings."
>
>Alan R. Barnard
>Salem, MO