---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Carl, At 02:22 AM 1/27/05, you wrote: >Had a lady who also played well into the keys, and needed to have me stain >fallboard, >in order to hide the scratches. She subquently lost much of her sight, >and asked >me if the scratches were visibal again. I said that they were, but didn't >expect that she >would be concerned . Not so. Wanted me to bring it back as well as I could. >Personal pride was very evident , and I felt good about doing it for >her. She also >was meticulous about her dress, and house keeping . Unfortunately, she >had problems >playing without music, so her repertoire became limited. I have a good >friend in the music >business who says that he has trouble playing "when" reading music. >( Ditto me !! ) I'm also >a slow book reader. ( Pictures are good !!!) Youse think this is a sign >of shtoopidity ?? > >Carl / Winnipeg Just for the record, I DIDN'T write this! >Avery Todd wrote: >>At 12:57 PM 1/26/05, you wrote: >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I was watching "Great Balls of Fire" last night, about Jerry Lee >>>Lewis. I noticed that in a few of the grands they had set up in the >>>movie (which I presume were set up the same way as they were in real >>>life for the guy), the fallboards had been removed. Of course with his >>>hands flying all over the keyboard, and especially when playing while >>>standing, it's easy to see how fingers colliding with a fallboard could >>>be problematic. I've had the fallboard removed from my piano for a long >>>time, and although it looks ugly that way, I have to admit it feels nice >>>to have the extra room, especially since I play pretty deeply into the keys. I only wrote THIS! :-) >>Plus, you don't have all those "ugly: scratches that some pianists think >>"should" be >>there :-) NOT! >> >>Avery Avery ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/46/1c/0c/f2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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