In a message dated 5/22/07 4:27:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, hoffsoco at luther.edu writes: Iffn conditions were diff'rent, I'd say Aloha, too. We'd probably fight over who turned pages, however, and be a couple of clang-a-lot ding-a-lings... ;-} Our bell choir just celebrated 25 years, and at one time there were 3 piano tuners in it. (now there's only 2 RPTs) What, if anything, is the connection betwixt bells and pianos? Enjoy your Pacific adventure !! Conrad Hoffsommer What's the connection between handbells and pianos, you ask. Nothing really, but I really enjoy playing handbells. I also love playing racquetball. I tune pianos to make a living. I play handbells and racquetball to support my "habits". I have, on several occasions, however, used my ear to point out some very out of tune handbells. In a choir up in St. Louis, the first time I played Ab 3, it was so flat I thought I had picked up the wrong bell. Yet no-one had ever heard it. And this last semester I volunteered to direct a handbell choir at another church, and their C4 & D4 were so horribly out of tune, it made the rest of the bells sound awful. Unfortunately, bells can't be tuned, at least not with the equipment I have available. Jan and I are really looking forward to our new life. It's going to cost us some money, but I am confident I can recoup the expense in a couple of months. I guess I'm going to have to get used to saying it, too. Aloha Wim ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070522/1eed07af/attachment.html
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