You Thought ...

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Bravo for you. Life hands us some real curves does it not.
 Mother Goose

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> From: Kgj38@AOL.COM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: You Thought ...
> Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 6:55 AM
> 
> In a message dated 99-01-26 05:03:49 EST, you write:
> 
> << Z!  I always point out that the kids who learn on these piano shaped
> objects
>  do so in spite of the piano ,not because of it!!
>  Mark Bolsius
>  ---------- >>
> I am one of those kids that learned to play in spite of the instrument I
had
> to practice on.  In fact, the first couple of years I didn't even have a
> piano, just a tiny electronic chord organ with keys about 1/3 normal
size.
> The whole thing could sit in my lap.  When I did get a piano, it cost
$25, we
> had no idea it needed to be tuned, and our idea of "improving" it was
applying
> an antiquing kit to the exterior.  Even then, I was my own piano "tech"
fixing
> things with glue or whatever I could lay my hands on.  The point is:  I
Did
> learn how to play the piano, quite well actually.  However, I sometimes
wonder
> at how good I could have been had my parents the income to furnish me
with an
> adequate instrument and more than a couple of yrs of lessons with the
pastor's
> wife.  I was one of those kids who would have learned inspite of any
setbacks.
> I went on to major in music and teach part time at a small private
college. In
> this day and age I am sure there are families who really cannot afford
> adequate instruments or instruction for their children.  What a shame.  
> 
> Karen Johnson
> Rochester, MN
> ptg associate