I thought the following excerpt from a book titled "Nicholas and Alexandra" by Robert K. Massie might give a few of y'all a chuckle, or a pause. The excerpt is addressing anti German sentiment in Russia during the early days of World War I. "The police could or would do nothing....I stood and watched while hooligans sacked the leading piano store of Moscow. Bechsteins, Bluthners, grand pianos, baby grands, and uprights, were hurled one by one from the various stories to the ground." Boy, I wish I could have been there with a net! Ya gotta be pretty upset with a nationality to do something like that.....especially when you consider what you were left with (did they make Estonias back then?). Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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