<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007>Wim,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007>Get used to saying "Mahalo" too!</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007>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?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007>Ray</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Registered Piano Tuner-Technician<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A href="mailto:ray@bentley.net">ray@bentley.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.ray.bentley.net/">www.ray.bentley.net</A></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671212113-22052007></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:36 AM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] New job<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/22/07 4:27:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, hoffsoco@luther.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial>Iffn conditions were diff'rent, I'd say Aloha, too.  We'd probably <BR>fight over who turned pages, however, and be a couple of clang-a-lot <BR>ding-a-lings... ;-}<BR>Our bell choir just celebrated 25 years, and at one time there were 3 <BR>piano tuners in it.  (now there's only 2 RPTs)<BR><BR>What, if anything, is the connection betwixt bells and pianos?<BR><BR>Enjoy your Pacific adventure !!<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Conrad Hoffsommer<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>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".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I guess I'm going to have to get used to saying it, too. Aloha</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's free at <A title=http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503 href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>