Thanks.#*!!##%*& isp. Was- tempermental temperament octave

[Richard Brekne]

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Hey..... I thought you were dead ??? when did you get into pianos ??

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Jim Morrison wrote:

>  Thanks to everyone who replied to my questions about the temperament
> octave. I'm heading back to the piano to try some of the suggestions.
> I am switching my internet from dial up to adsl and last thursday
> morning my internet service provider accidentally deleted my
> account.Was going through pianotech withdrawls. Thankfully they got
> the account back up this morning.As a side note, we had a treat in
> Bonnyville over the weekend. Lee Pui Ming performed at the Lyle Victor
> Albert Center saturday evening.I am sure the Baldwin will never be the
> same. She was touted as an avante-garde pianist. (big
> understatement)She opened the performance by depressing the sustain
> pedal  and then sang/shouted into the open cavity under the lid.There
> was quite a remarkable resonance created by her voice.She then went on
> to play a mixture of Asian and contemporary music some of which she
> composed herself or improvised on traditional Chinese songs.During
> some of the pieces she stood at the side of  the piano reaching in and
> playing it like a harp or plucking the notes to play a melody.There
> were various sticks? she used to run back and forth across the stings
> to create different effects. At one point she played the piano like a
> huge drum, beating on the soundboard with one hand and the rim with
> her other hand.Before playing one of the last pieces she placed a
> bunch of kitchen utencills on the strings. We're talking cakepan,
> tableknifes, tin box. This led to a very distorted sound , sort of a
> Jimmy Hendrix effect. All in all very different and very
> entertaining.Bye for now,Jim Morrison



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