Tom Cole said: >>Sometimes I'll play the piano after a tuning, especially if it's a >nice grand, to see how the piano sounds and plays (voicing issues? >regulation issues?) and to "sell" the tuning, or in some cases to make up >for the protracted One-note Samba. Actually, it's an ancient Chinese Love Song, called "To Ning" (Beautiful lady, that Ning) > >FRANCES HELMS wrote: > >>I have found that young children are sometimes delighted to play after I >>tune. Not the best way to check or show off a tuning, but they enjoy it. >>They're usually more likely to do so if I ask them before, not after I >>play. The way I play, they are more likely to do so IF I play first! Just happened yesterday. The little girl was hiding in her bedroom, refusing her mom's pleas to play. I called in and asked her if she would play for me if I played for her first? Then I sat down and did my best possible rendition of a Bach's Minuet. She raced out of her room and showed me up big time. She was just great! Diane
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