Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:09:49 -0800 "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > We have a Hamburg D=Franz, NY D=George... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 Not so fast.. Here at SFSU our three stage D's are Fritz (Hamburg), Bruce (NY) and Tiffany (NY). Where do you think baby grands come from??? ;-) Israel Stein > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Original message > From: "Jason Kanter" > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 1/14/2009 5:38:34 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] What gender is a piano? > > I have a client with a 1905 Stwy B that he fondly calls "Aunt B"... so > that pretty much settles it for me. > > > | || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| > jason's cell 425 830 1561 > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkanter > | || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:39 PM, james dally <wippen at embarqmail.com > <mailto:wippen at embarqmail.com>> wrote: > > THE QUEEN OF THE HOUSE/POEMS, ETC IN THE 1800s > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* David Boyce <mailto:David at piano.plus.com> > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:13 PM > *Subject:* [pianotech] What gender is a piano? > > A new customer tonight posed a question I'd not thought of > before. Do pianos have gender? > > Ships are female. Female gender identity is also sometimes > ascribed to other things - cars, etc. This lady was inclined > to view her c1900 straight-strung (though underdamped) upright > as female. I'd never considered this before. > > But I did say to her that I've long maintained that 1) a piano > 2) an open coal fire and 3) a grandfather clock, are all > quasi-living things in a home. And if they have quasi-life, > ought they not to have quasi-gender? I suppose the grandfather > clock would have to be male. I wondered afterwards, had the > piano been a new one, would she have ascribed gender to it, > and if so, which? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech mailing list > pianotech at ptg.org > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech_ptg.org >
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