Got a laugh from this one

Wimblees Wimblees@aol.com
Sat, 14 Mar 1998 07:49:00 EST


In a message dated 98-03-13 04:22:29 EST, you write:

>"Tuners are governed by instinct principally, and are necessarily
>emotional.  They cannot be relied upon to tune at all times with equal
>results, for much depends upon mood.  The most expert and rapid tuners
>are men possessed of a highly excitable, nervous, and emotional
>temperament, verging on the border of insanity at times".  Daniel
>Spillane, <italic>The Piano, Scientific, Technical, and Practical
>Instructions relating to Tuning, Regulating, and Toning</italic> (New
>York: Edward Lyman Bill, 1893), p26.



Must have been talking about me, even back then.

Willem Blees


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