Wim, Get used to saying "Mahalo" too! Our church has a great handbell choir with 5 octaves of bells. I and a memorial fund recently made contributions that allowed the purchase of 3 octaves of hand chimes. It's neat to "change voices" for effect during some selections! Have you used those, too? Ray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ray T. Bentley, RPT Registered Piano Tuner-Technician Alton, IL ray at bentley.net www.ray.bentley.net <http://www.ray.bentley.net/> -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Wimblees at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:36 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] New job 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 AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503> . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070522/d75311eb/attachment.html
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