Ooo...what a great idea...thanks David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Received: 8/29/2006 12:33:53 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] why does it feel better? >Hey Conrad, >For some faculty the only way they know if their piano has been tuned is >because the junk has been moved off it... so now between tunings I just >move things around and I effectively double my tunings. <G> >JB >-----Original Message----- >From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of >Conrad Hoffsommer >Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:24 PM >To: College and University Technicians >Subject: Re: [CAUT] why does it feel better? >At 01:18 PM 8/29/2006 -0400, you wrote: >>the piano is one of those things which can really work on the >imagination >>and spriit of the person playing it. >>Robin Blankenship >One must not ever forget the "placebo effect" either... >Last week, a piano prof had mentioned some repetition issues with the >hamburger D. A couple days later I got a phone mail message thanking me >for >the work I'd done on the instrument. >I hadn't gotten to it yet (still haven't, actually)... >Since he _thought_ (assumed?) I'd worked on it, it played better. ;-} >Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician >Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 >1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 >- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, >- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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